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Drumsack Farm Painting

Painting the landscapes outside where we live, as well as a bit of the inside, over the past month has been a fun way to get back into more regular watercolor painting.

With the latest one, I spent more time on it and worked sporadically over the course of several days. It was good just to have a piece out on the table that I could sit down and work a little on as I felt like it. It’s also kind of essential with watercolors in some sense as you need to allow for drying time in between sections, depending on the look you are going for. I’m sure this process annoyed the crap out of my wife and kids but hey, it was worth it. 😂

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Creating the appropriate distance

Watercolor landscape painting

I’ve been reading Philip Glass’s Music Without Words over the past month or two and it’s very good. As a very casual classical music fan, it’s very enlightening to learn more about the music composition side of the art, with plenty of that aspect of the book going over my head, but still interesting to glimpse that world nonetheless.

Regardless, there are A LOT of insights into the creative process that are very interesting to think about, and that, along with stories from a life filled with memorable experiences, work, and friendships, make for a good read.

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Sunsets in the dark

The sun sets after 10pm right now and it’s light out well into the night at the moment. Along with that, we also get some spectacular sunsets from our perch here on the farm. I’ve started to do some watercolor painting while standing at the kitchen counter, trying to chase the changing colors of the sunset through the window. It’s crazy how fast it changes over the course of the roughly 45 mins it takes to do these. While it gets dark in the kitchen, the light from outside makes it easy enough to work. I love ending the day with these.

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On earth and in the stars

Sharing a couple of recent pieces done in between work and play, night and day.

The first was done in the day while standing in the yard just outside the house, holding a watercolor pad and using some Derwent water brushes. I did this while also looking after the kids as well, and having to work quickly and just go for it and not think too much is something I really enjoy about these outdoor sessions. Did it in about 45 mins I think.

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This week’s little fires

Water color illustration of a monster truck
Monster truck truck watercolor

Art projects are like little fires. See more of them here.

Coloring pages

This week I started making my own watercolor pages for the kids to add to. Started with a waterproof brush pen drawing and then they added watercolors on top. I think they turned out

Here are the results. I didn’t think about this before but now I’m thinking about doing a whole book of illustrations each for them and compiling them into some sort of narrative after-the-fact. Or maybe they should all go into the same book, trucks and unicorns combined. Hmm…

Morning brushes

Also, here are a couple of morning brush pen drawings that turned out pretty good, kite flying and trampoline jumping have featured prominently over the last week.

More electric

Finally, another addition to the electric series.

Illustration of Sam painting.
The creative force is strong with this one.