The other day I decided to start a new piece, there was a blank panel staring at me and I could no longer resist the desire to slap some paint on it. I decided on this scene, Camy at the bank of a stream, lightly touching the water. I did the initial drawing in graphite and then inked it with a fine point Sharpie and decided that a blue-green wash would be best rather than the diluted Burnt Umber that I usually do. I started the grassy area by simply blocking in a straight-out-of-the-tube Sap Green...GASP! Yeah, yeah I guess I'm violating the Geneva code by A. painting straight from the tube and B. using a pre-mixed green, anyhow, that's a discussion for a later time. I spread the paint on with an awful/falling apart brush that I have that would be PERFECT for painting animal fur. After I have a good thin wet layer of green, then I take a small, stiff flat and begin carving out blades of grass as you can see here...
In less than 24 hours from the moment I began I managed to do enough on the rocks and water to arrive at this point. The water is one continuous flow of wet colors and the rocks consist of varying wet paints applied loosely. If the rest of this painting can go this smoothly, then I can safely say that this will be the easiest and most enjoyable piece that I've done in a long time... time will tell.