One of my most recent watercolors, "Shiny Things." I was challenging myself to work with glass and silver. It was so fun that I did another.
This one is "Shiny Things Two." Both are available for purchase here.
More shiny things. Cindy Loo Who and I escaped and took our snowshoes to Harriman State Park. The weather was perfect. The sun was making dappled shadows on the fresh snow as we walked along getting in some good chat time.
Even the ducks and swans were enjoying the sun.
We saw squirrel tracks, bunny tracks, mouse tracks and then this big trail groomer left a BIG set of tracks for the cross country skiers.
Glass, shine, sparkle, reflection...all hard things to capture in paint. You did an amazing job.
ReplyDeleteI cannot imagine translating three dimensions into two, and recognizably, too.
ReplyDeleteMy grandma kept a flat bowl with short, rounded sides, full of marbles. When she broke up housekeeping she gave me a bag full. I have one left.
You are an outstanding artist, Leenie! Like Delores says capturing shine is hard.
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I love number three (and the wording on the jar in the background - beautiful)
ReplyDeleteI cannot imagine that amount of snow!
And that should have read "number two" - sheesh, my brain needs coffee.
ReplyDeleteOOH! I was ready to reach in and grab that big green one in the top picture. Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteYour pictures of glass balls have beautiful colors miraculously.
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful ! w(*ﾟoﾟ*)w So fantastic !
Fabulous paintings, and super pictures of the snow (and that's as close as I want to get to snow!!)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful paintings! Must be hard to get the shine right but you've done it.
ReplyDeleteSo very, very talented!
ReplyDeleteIs it a good thing or a bad thing when the grooming machine gets on the trails (for snowshoeing)?
Carla: The people on snowshoes are instructed to stay off the tracks set for diagonal cross country and the wide level areas groomed for skate-skiers. That leaves the small areas between that are often kind of rough; but snowshoes have the advantage of not really needing a groomed track--kind of like the advantage of mountain bike over street bike.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a great place to cross country ski! I've never done it, but it sounds and looks like fun and great exercise!
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