Showing posts with label Daniel Smith watercolors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daniel Smith watercolors. Show all posts

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Fractured Glass 2: More color in Step 3

I worked on Fractured Glass 2 for about 15 days.  I worked on Step 3, adding color, for about 10 days.


And more color...



And still more color...  Slowly, and then all at once, the patterns become visible.





Saturday, May 22, 2010

Fractured Glass 2: Step 2 - Winsor Newton Davy's Gray and Daniel Smith #3 Brush

This should look just the first step of Fractured Glass 2 because it is.  I pick up a paintbrush after the pencil lines are in place, and set the design with Winsor Newton Davy's Gray, a very light gray  watercolor.

In the earliest nanoscapes, I used Winsor Newton Sepia, which has a darker character and is staining (a painter's word for either delightfully or annoyingly permanent) or Daniel Smith Sepia, which is unabashedly brown.  I also experimented with Daniel Smith Payne's Gray, which was too dark for the nanoscapes' framework.