Beaches everywhere

There has been such a demand for torn paper beaches that my art room is overflowing in the theme.

As you can see here...there's always a batch of beachscapes hanging on my easel....with more that you can't see in the works on my drafting table.

I'm almost caught up and have some new pieces all sketched out and ready to start playing with....can't wait.

Evolution

As with all things, there is a natural progression and evolution.

This is now true with my art pieces as well. I have been doing my torn paper art on a heavy 200lb watercolor paper and then framing them under glass with spacers between the art and the glass. A very time consuming process to say the least.

I have wanted to experiment a bit more to find a process I liked that would allow for less framing time and more art time.

I may have it. Stretched canvas.

I've just tried my first experiment with this and I like the effect. This beachscape is on a stretched canvas. With the protective coat of varnish over the work it is able to skip the framing.

I quite like the less formal look of this and the more casual "beach cottage" feel.

Onward....more experiments to come!

Little Beach

Thought I'd show you a picture of my most recent "little" beach.

There's just something about the coloring and the textures in this one that I like quite a bit. May be be one of my most favorite little pieces so far.

The Painted Inch

I don't usually join in too many "Inchies" swaps because...let's face it...doing art on 1"x1" isn't all that easy.

There are, however, some themes that come up that I simply can't resist! Can you even image me not joining a "seaside" themed inchie swap!?! Roc...you had me at "sea"!

Soo...I did little watercolor beach dune inches. Hope I never have to paint on a smaller scale than this!

Back to Beaches

at least for now! Just finished another paper beach piece.

A local gallery is interested in hanging some of my torn paper paintings in a few weeks and are looking to have more "water" themes. Being on the coast, this it likely to be the case for many of the galleries in the area...so I'm thinking I'd better stay on the track with my beach pieces as well as some like the fish I've done previously. You can see them on my website.

Thought you might like to see the "before" and "after", so I've included the pic of the underpainting I started with as well as the finished piece.

Paper Beachscape

Well...thought I'd try my hand at a bit of a landscape this time. With beachscapes being one of my favorites to paint in watercolor I thought it would be fun to try it in paper.
Each new peice presents it's own challenge...but with each one I find I learn so much more about this process. The paper I used for the water was some of the rice paper I've been painting with regular water and a touch of twinkling H2O's. Adds just that little extra.