another african violet study. this time in watercolor. soon the busy flurry of end-of-year school activities will pass and my full-time job will be
Sketchbook Filler.
the more i work in this book, the more i like the mixed paper backgrounds. maybe i'll mix things up in my next sketchbook.
i turn the pages and look for any available white space i can paint onto.
chronological order isn't being followed. hells bells!
only a little strip of white here.
perhaps i will paint a line of ants marching off the page.
or a row of jelly beans.
cats.
kittens.
soon i will stop annoying you with the class advertisements.
soon.
but not yet.
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Happy pages. I love the mixed papers too. love!
I am in love with your African violet sketch over that patterned paper and the thick black lettering!
Hi Ami,
Yes, that’s exactly what I did! Used a foam brush to lay down a thin layer of white gesso. I actually prepped that page about 3 years ago. ha ha ha!!! But it wasn’t until I returned to that visual journal and started using it for watercolor & gouache that I began to go back and use all the white pages. so glad I used a combination of watercolor paper & mixed paper at the time I made it.
I’m starting to see all of your different styles over the years are coming together in an amazing new statement. I have been looking for several years for a more truly mixed media approach to traditional watercolor, and I think you’re on the path of it. I’m loving this new direction and looking forward to where it leads.
Digging out from the rubble slowly here, but starting to cook up plans for the future. Lovely plans – art, art, art! Love to you, my friend MAM.
I love the African Violet painting, the way the watercolor floats over the mixed paper. Did you paint a thin layer of gesso first? Very inspiring!
Your work just gets better all the time! And I absolutely adore the mixed paper backgrounds! Thanks for all of the inspiration, Mary Anne:)