Under Water Wonder

My brother took this photo.
It's such a cool fish, I thought you artists would appreciate its paint job!
-Laura

Not a GVA show, but one to see..

FYI for inspiration:
one of my favorite local nature photographers,
David Watkins, jr,
has a show at State of the Art thru the end of July.
he sees colors in nature that I sometimes note.

Watercolor* Water

Here is my first piece for the FUSIT "Water" show. It's a watercolor, which I have a really hard time with, but I think this came out pretty good. I am not sure what the plant is called but it must be in the pea family and grows all over our garden. The water is in the glass. Do you think that's too little water for the theme? Strange that should be so since it came out just as I had envisioned it.
























Here it is with the still life for comparison. The background is a summer dress of mine slung over a computer monitor. Very funky :)






















*Update 7-13-10 : I now realize why the painting came out better than I thought - it wasn't watercolor! I used acrylic paint instead of watercolors and diluted them. Just realized the mistake today. Am a bit disappointed actually, but perhaps I have learned a new technique at least.