(Window from Chimayo, New Mexico)
8x10in watercolor on Yupo SOLD
Chimayo is famous for
El Santuario de Chimayo
and the documented healings
from the "sacred earth"
The link is worth the visit.
Chimayo is famous for
El Santuario de Chimayo
and the documented healings
from the "sacred earth"
The link is worth the visit.
Artist Note.
Watercolor on Yupo
is pretty remarkable,
allowing for stress-free
painting due to the
clean lifting ability
Different techniques
are fun to try...
like in the one below
is pretty remarkable,
allowing for stress-free
painting due to the
clean lifting ability
Different techniques
are fun to try...
like in the one below
Threesome
9x7 watercolor on Yupo SOLD
Julie, what a marvelous variety of textures you've achieved in Hoping. I especially admire how you managed to convey depth of field. It's clear that, in spite of its light tone, the wall is behind the foreground flowers -- not always easy to achieve. Threesome is also lovely; your technique works perfectly.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely complement that you take the time to analyze my work, Helen.
DeleteIt means a lot to me because of the high calibre of your art.
Thank you.
Only totally brilliant, with the bird theme continuing even if the technique and medium changes.
ReplyDeleteI hope my new project goes the same way ... IQ tests notwithstanding :)
You sure have me curious to what your new project will be. One thing I am sure of...it will not be mundane!
DeleteLove your post and yes, I"m painting. Ok, must get back in the posting mode and share. Take care my friend.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy you are painting, Blanche, and am looking forward to seeing what you post.
DeleteThanks for the visit and back at you, friend!
I've been to El Sanctuario de Chimayo...a lovely, moving place. Unfortunately the healing earth I brought to my sister didn't have the desired effect. Your textures on the yupo in both of these are excellent! You make it look so easy. Again you have those lovely blues in the paintings. I should pull out my yupo and do one with watercolors and one with alcohol inks.
ReplyDeleteHow neat that you have been there. Yes, lovely and moving but what a shame the sacred dirt did not work for your sister. I would enjoy seeing you painting another poinsettia in watercolor and AI on yupo. The one you have done already is gorgeous!
DeleteThese are GORGEOUS!!! I love your compositions and colors!! I love the textures too!! "Threesome" shows your fracturing technique very well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the link, it is a beautiful place!
It is interesting, like Helene says, the light colored wall still recedes despite its color. Excellent as always...you are inspiring, sharing your endeavors on different medias!
ReplyDeleteYou always have an encouraging word and it is so appreciated, Kaethe. Bless you.
DeleteHAPPY Holidays, Julie. I hope that you might add a DPW Artbyte about using watercolors on Yupo in your inimitable style to your 2017 plans!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice complement, Dana, but unlike oils I feel I am still experimenting with the unpredictable Yupo. What I am working at is getting a similar look to my watercolors as to my oils. I just visited your gallery on DPW and the colors in the water you painted are gorgeous.
DeleteVery wonderful painting !!!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I want to thank you, Stelios, for taking the time to beautifully paint the sculpture, Seagulls in Flight, by Papagiannis.
DeleteI have long admired it and remember it was in the later 90's sometime when I first saw it.
Wow Julie! Stunning paintings!
ReplyDeleteHi Mona, thank you. I think your pink poinsettia is pretty stunning too.
Deletethe birds nest looks really good, perfect looking nest texture to it :)
ReplyDeleteI really need to find the Yupo I bought a few months ago and give it another go
Thanks for those neat words...perfect nest texture... yea!
DeleteHope you try the Yupo, Jennifer, so I can see what you do with it.
You sure have the "stiff upper lip" the brits are known for by carrying on when in pain. That santa you did AND the dragon AND the ornament. Hope you feel better soon.
I'm not even British lol :) Maybe its also a Canadian thing :)
Deletefound the Yupo in the bottom of the paper drawer, now just need to figure out what to paint on it
Excellent work Julie! I thought I already commented so just in case! I especially love your work with the nest!!! Merry Christmas and Hapoy and HEALTHY New Year!
ReplyDeleteThank YOU sweet, Hilda. I love that you like the nest - me too!
DeleteIt was great seeing the portrait of your aunt again. A masterpiece. Totally blows my mind to think she will be 107. YIKES!
I love both of these paintings . Beautiful scene with the birdie sitting there in front of the house , and your nests are masterpieces every time !
ReplyDeleteSo good to hear from you, Jane. Thanks for the lovely comment.
DeleteYour lilac painting is so beautiful with lavender and greens - a color combination I love. Wishing you a beautiful season.
There are those turquoise windows again. A favorite!
ReplyDeleteWhat an extensive history for this church or what I guess is more broadly called a sacred site. I see they have artwork there too. You live amidst a lot of history don't you? Thanks for providing the link:)
Libby
It is very nice to know you took the time to visit the link. History is all around me in New Mexico but certainly not like the historical buildings I grew up with in Britain and Europe. Here, 200 years is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the exchange about your thought process on your post. The colors in the three collages are so evocative of the sky after a storm.
You seem to be able to "tame" Yupo, Julie, in such a great, effective way. I think watercolor is at its best when one can see and use drips and puddles to advance their subject and the emotion of the work.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't exactly call it "taming" the Yupo, Carol, but more of an understanding that everything can be removed so no fear is involved. That is ...until you feel it is going right and then you get scared you might ruin it. Lol. Seriously though, learning about the puddling and other strengths of watercolor on Yupo is fun.
DeleteThanks so much for the visit, Carol, are you painting at all this month?
You continue to astound and delight me with your unique style and masterful sense of color and form. Merry Christmas to you, and your family Julie - and thank you for the many visits an kind words on my blog this past year.
ReplyDeleteHello Susan, your lovely words made me glow - thank you.
DeleteI just saw your new post with the portrait of Giacometti. So much of an alive feeling to it. Amazing. I would love to be a fly on your studio wall.
Happy you had such a wonderful visit with your daughter. Sorry she had to leave. Europe holds a strong attraction for the younger generation. Good thing is - she will be back! Nothing as great as here,
Merry Christmas to you to, dear Susan.n and thank YOU. I have got inspiration out of every visit to your blog.
Beautiful work, Julie. I have missed seeing your posts, so it is nice to know you are back.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your family
;)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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