Day 94

But climate change is a fabrication of the Democrats....

Collage and gouache paint

graphite to draw, Tombow markers for color

Rolling right along, I "mowed" grass yesterday. What I could. Parts of my yard are under water and will be for weeks to come. The north side of my house is now Swampland USA. I know I will probably regret saying this, but we need sun, wind, and warm temperatures. Mother Nature will interpret that to mean, "Make it 98 degrees for 27 days running." These are the random thoughts that inspired the ugly tag for today.

From the freebie, Sketchbook Revival 2019, I did the Toni Burt lesson on a woman's face. First we tore, not cut, a piece of water color paper in half. Then applied a light coat of Liquitex Gel Medium as a base on the paper. I have never done this before, so thought why not? Let that dry completely, then sketch with a water soluble graphite pencil. Wet the graphite, move it around, dry, then either water colors or gouache paint for color. Then the collage. I forget to throw some paint splatters at this.

So a few thoughts: Toni likes water color and/or gouache (which is just opaque water colors) on top of the gel medium. I do not. I tried it, which is the purpose of taking classes, but not a fan. I think because I have done so much water color painting with other artists who teach how to lift the paint, or push it. I will try a girl again without the gel medium on the paper, because I do like this messy concept of paint and collage.

Still learning how to use the Tombow markers. This was a drawing in my Dylusions journal, then just started to color. I find this very meditative. It's easy to stop and start which is essential when bored dogs are in the house. (We must go out, then come in, so we can go out again. Pet us. Now.)

Enjoy your weekend unless you live in the Chicago Metro area. 3 to 5 inches of snow. Uh huh. Mother Nature is pissed.
Linda