Remember that saying ... making lemonade out of lemons? Well, here is a painterly example of just that. I was curious as to how my hand made Indian Nujabi paper would behave when poured upon with liquid watercolor. So I drew this large tree and coated it with liquid frisket. My biggest concern was how the frisket would react to this paper, which has a very soft surface. The pouring went fine - the paint moved nicely over the surface and created some lovely translucent effects. BUT - the frisket did not want to come off! I was not entirely surprised by this, which is why I tried to remove it after only one single layer of poured paint and applied frisket. So - I persisted in coaxing the frisket off, and in doing so, literally removed the top layer of paper along with the frisket. The exposed under-layer of paper was very rough and shredded. Wherever there had been no frisket, the lovely poured glaze remained. My first instinct was to trash the painting. And then I decided to paint over the shredded surface areas to see what would happen. I discovered that I was able to apply some paint to those areas, and they took on a fascinating texture and interesting mottled brushstrokes. So began the making of lemonade! I continued to work on the painting ... using NO additional frisket ... just brushing on color, mostly in the negative spaces to create new branches and trees via negative painting. The result is a painting that looks playful, somewhat fantastical, and has a highly textured surface not usually seen on a watercolor. There's nothing like a glass of fresh lemonade on a hot day in June!
Woodsedge Welcome
watercolor on hand-made cold pressed paper
20 x 26 inches, framed
$600.00
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