Monday, August 16, 2010

First piece for Milo's pocket


I don't have a mole (a traveling one, that is) right now, so I am working on some other projects (a Ms of poetry, a novel, some paintings). I painted ANOTHER yellow ladyslipper using the same photo I used on the one I made for Ballookey as a reference at the request of a friend--this one in gouache. I made a print of it and one of the picture I made on the iPad for Ballookey and am saving them for Milo's pocket when it arrives. I wrote a little bit about the project here, if anyone is interested. This is entirely painted with gouache. I used a rigger brush for the small water droplets. It was made from scratch on green paper. I made the original sketch in gouache, not pencil.  (It's still a big deal for me to just go ahead and paint without sketching first).

2 comments:

steve said...

Hey Mary, it should hopefully be at your door by today!

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

YAY! It's here! THANKS! WOO HOO! Love the collab piece! :-D

They are all wonderful--I'm leaving to go to the doctor, but will hopefully post about it later!!!