Back during Halloween I came across what was probably the best costume I’ve ever seen. I think costumes tend to go a little too adult or a little too gruesome, so this was such a breath of fresh air. She’s a kid on the first day of first grade and her parents let her dress herself. It was so adorable. It was heart melting. I had to share it with you good folks sooner or later.
Apparently there was a kitten expo in town today. I didn’t get a chance to attend, but I imagine there was a lot of this type of daydreaming going on.
I’ve been spending time at a local coffee shop when I have time in the mornings. The barista there is kinda cute, so I couldn’t stop myself from doing a drawing of her the other morning to break in my new sketchbook. Then I brought it home and decided to try something other than my normal digital painting; I pulled out and dusted off my markers and started having some fun. I think more of these are in store for the days to come.
Last weekend I had the opportunity to take part in the Watercolor Society of Oregon’s annual conference. During some down time someone literally thrust a few tubes of gouache into my hands and told me to do a little painting. After about ten (maybe fifteen?) minutes I had blocked this little heroine in and had to get back to my duties.
I’m thinking more of this kind of thing will be in my future.
I forgot to post this last night — and of course by “forgot” I mean I was up too late and I got too tired to do anything except crawl into bed.
I have a tendency to think of things from dark to light and opaquely. I understand glazing and other optical mixing techniques, but I never really use them. So I’ve never really understood how to make watercolor look good. With all of the dark-to-light work I’ve got coming up, I thought (as I often do) it’s good to flex those creative muscles and try something completely different for awhile — I’ll be experimenting with a light-to-dark approach in my free time.
I’ll let you know what I come up with.
-Valentine
