Today's watercolour

My paintings are coming along!

I love to wait for the right moment

of applying another coat,

feel it blend with the previous one and

mix and smooth it until I get the right hue.

Sometimes the next layer will be painted

a couple of days after the previous one,

it depends on the drying point it has reached.

Other times I will wait until

it is almost completely dry,

so that I can drag the next layer over it

and with it scratch the underlying one.

I love looking at the various stages

of the paintings sometimes for days.

Some turn into a new painting altogether.

The surprise factor enhances the pleasure of painting.

PAINTING IN PROGRESS II

Starting to put oil paint over the acrylic sketch.

and while I was at it...

tackled a previous painting I hadn't really finished.

PAINTING IN PROGRESS

Still in acrylic. That's when I lay down

the project for the colors I'm going to add.

STARTED A NEW PAINTING

First draft in acrylic

WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO ? (II)

Attempting my first FREE QUILT

More from Katherine Shaughnessy

Check her site, and look under archives to see her paintings

http://www.doegirl.com/portfolio/paintings/27.html

FINISHED PAINTING

The colors on my last painting are definitely my painting palette. The reds and some grafitti black just make me very happy

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