Kate's Updates: New painting -In-Progress

'Lucky Bobbers"  15 x 22, w/c on paper

Just finished last night! I'm not sure what to think; I think I like it, but it's a bit odd. I had a lot of fun painting it and it definitely gave me the confidence to try more complicated pieces in the very near future.

Kate's Updates: New painting -In-Progress

"Lucky Bobbers" in its latest phase.

As a land-lubber, I wasn't aware that what I was painting and so attracted to, were fishing bobbers--not lures! So, in this phase, I changed the working title to what I think will be more appropriate, if not final. The difficult thing for me here is trying to get the values working in the bobbers as well as making the bramble convincing as I have it climbing into the light. Much of the photo I worked from was not clear in this area! So, I resorted to the tried and true method of "faking it".
The painting as a whole still seems abstract and unclear, but I hope the final product will be intriguing, rather than confusing.

Kate's Updates! New Painting!

"Bounty", 22 x 15, watercolor on paper

My latest watercolor was inspired first by the old Biblical phrase repeated throughout the King James Bible, "The apple of my eye". The "apple" for the KJV translators of the Middle Ages meant not the fruit, but the reflection of oneself in another's  pupil. My other inspiration was, of course, the apples themselves. In this case, a fruit-laden bough at the Regenerative Design Institute in West Marin.

It's not very clear, but there was a beautiful bite in one of the apples. Some squirrel, no doubt, who go close enough to see itself in these beauties!