Cereus Stair
transparent watercolor 30" x 22" SAWG Fiesta Sonora 2012:
Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum's Ironwood Gallery
"Blooming Saguaro that stands at the trailhead to King Canyon
Trail,
across from the Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona"
The Busy Beaver 22" x 30" transparent
watercolor SAWG Fiesta Sonora 2012:
Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum's Ironwood Gallery "Vibrancy of the Beavertail Cactus in February"
Royal Flush transparent
watercolor 30" x 22" Arizona Aqueous Juried
Exhibition 2012 "Santa Rita
Prickly Pear blooming in my garden"
Peace Rose
transparent watercolor 22" x 30" Demo Painting: Tubac,
Arizona ArtWalk 2012 "Droplets &
evening light on a Peace Rose"
Transparent Watercolors?
Painting with very diluted transparent watercolor pigments that
are thinly layered
till
desired color and value are achieved. This technique allows
light to pass
through
to the paper, reflecting back to the viewer, for a
luminous effect.
All whites are carefully preserved as there is no use of
white paint. Pencil is used only for planning marks
with paintings executed on a single piece of untreated watercolor
paper.
