Painting 30 in 30 - Day 24/Squares

"Cautionary Tale"

6" x 8"

ink and watercolor on Arches

Today I started with an idea, which bloomed into the

final painting, above.

I tried a piece of paper from a tablet I purchased recently

called Paris Paper for Pens/Borden and Riley.

I divided it up into 1" squares.  

As I painted, it buckled pretty good with the water,

but I really liked the WHITENESS that showed

and the way the ink/watercolors floated

on the surface.  It states it's 'bleedproof' so

that is why the same process on watercolor

paper looks different.

I may have to glue a few pieces down

to some foam core and check it out

more intensely. 

The idea today was to paint several

quick small abstracts.

From there I can see a few

that I would like to do larger. 

As for the first one, I think I will

get started on a large one of those,

and paint on it when I get time.

It's fun, relaxing and I love the

exploratory quality of it.

Today is football playoffs.  We are

total BRONCOS fans, living in

Colorado most of our lives,

so we will be in front of the TV

for the afternoon for the game 

and evening, for new X-Files!!