Yea, it's FALL! - WMO on Yupo

Yea, it's FALL! - WMO on Yupo
Originally uploaded by BYarborough

Every Spring I think it's my favorite time of year, and then every Fall I think the same thing. I guess I like "seasons" and am so thankful I live where we have them. How boring it must be to live where there is no temperature or scenery changes. This is water miscible oils (I'm still using the Van Gogh H2Oils and LOVE them!) and it is painted on 9 x 12 sheet of Yupo. The reference photo is from WetCanvas - they have over 800 Fall Landscape photos in their library!
I fell off on my goal to art journalize every other day in September, but I'm not going to beat myself up for failing. I've decided I'm just not the type to consistently do art in a journal. Although, having said that, I'll be one of the first to sign up when Cathy (Kate) Johnson offers her online class on art journaling!! I've been working on this Fall scene for several days as some steps required the previous layers had dried.

Butterfly in my journal

Butterfly in my journal
Originally uploaded by BYarborough

This is not really post-worthy, but I'm trying to get back on track of journaling every odd day in September. One of the ideas I had for journaling this month was to experiment with techniques and medias. This butterfly is done in my 7 x 9 Raffine ArtSketch book. I painted the entire sheet with a gradated wash of a cool green. Then I started with the background and did some negative painting -- a technique I'd really like to get better at. It's really hard for me to wrap my brain around the concept!! Then I combined watercolor and watercolor pencils on the butterfly. I used Faber-Castell's Albrecht Durer pencils. The white on the butterfly is white acrylic.

Desert Sunset 1

Desert Sunset 1
Originally uploaded by BYarborough

One of my "Aussie" friends, Wendy Shortland, and I have challenged each other to work in journals this month. We are planning on doing a journal page on every odd numbered day in Sept. This is my 9-1-09 work. I've decided to use a Lama Li book that is 7 x 9. For quick watercolors, I LOVE Lama Li paper -- pure 100% cotton rag, handmade, terrific rough texture and no sizing. It doesn't handle masking or very much scrubbing, so you get it down and leave it! I used American Journey paints on this one. It took about 10 min to get this one done. I was going for QUICK - LOL!!