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Set of ACEO cards with hummingbirds and lilacs painted in watercolor and highlighted with pen & ink.
size- 2.5” x 3.5” original art
Several artists who have YouTube channels have been helpful to me in learning further how to watercolor. Pen and Ink has been my medium of choice through my artist life but the pull of color has been coming along for a few years now. I recently found Louise De Masi a watercolor artist from Australia whose tutorials are a lot of fun and very helpful. This is one of my recent paintings combining watercolor and pen & ink.
“Many artists have spoken of seeing things differently while drawing and have often mentioned that drawing puts them into a somewhat altered state of awareness. In that different subjective state, artists speak of feeling transported, “at one with the work” , able to grasp relationships that they ordinarily cannot grasp. Awareness of the passage of time fades away, and words recede from consciousness. Artist say that they feel alert and aware yet are relaxed and free of anxiety, experiencing a pleasurable, almost mystical activation of the mind.”
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
Hedgehog ACEO artist trading card
Waiting for this coronavirus to run its course, watching the world handle it and keeping busy working on some watercolor paintings. . .
“Van Gogh’s art became bright and brilliant after he was admitted to an asylum. The onset of epilepsy may explain his switch from dull to extremely bright colors. Seizures changed his perception. The swirls in the sky in his painting ”Starry Night “ are similar to the sensory distortions that some people with autism have. Autistics with severe sensory processing problems see the edges of objects vibrate and get jumbled sensory input. These are not hallucinations but perceptual distortions.”
- Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin (pg. 184 Chapter - “Einstein’s Second Cousin”)
