Peonies at the end of the season. Watercolor / pen and ink. Plein air. Kit Miracle
I had a little time today after doing the heavy gardening to do this watercolor / pen and ink of our peonies. I love them in the spring but it seems their season is always too short. They’re gone before I really get to enjoy them. The weather was warm but breezy with a few spritzes of rain. I tried to capture the blowseyness of the blossoms but I’m afraid that this painting makes them look better than they are.
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Irises by the Woodshed
May is a very busy time here in the country. Cleaning up winter debris and preparing and planting summer crops. However, I have managed to find some time for some plein air painting, mostly sketching really.
The first three paintings are just around the yard. I try to catch the spring flowers before they’re gone. I particularly like watercolor with pen and ink overlay. These were all painted in a Pentalic Aqua Journal, 5 x 8, landscape format. The double pages really are challenging but, as you know, artists always like trying new things. The watercolor is actually a small travel set that I’ve had for years (decades?). And the pens are Micron in various sizes .01 to .05, mostly black but I am experimenting with red and burgundy.
Azaleas and Hostas by the Woodshed
On the Patio, watercolor / pen and ink, Kit Miracle
At the Riverwalk, Jasper IN, watercolor / pen and ink, Kit Miracle
Riverwalk, brown ink, Kit Miracle
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Self-Portrait with Still Life, 24 x 30, oil on canvas, Kit Miracle
Most artists create a self-portrait every few years so I painted this one last month. I had recently purchased this old mirror and thought it would be interesting to set it up as a still life. My portrait isn’t really the first thing the viewer notices (I hope). The challenges with this painting is that there are two light sources: one on the still life in the foreground and one me as I paint. An additional challenge was to prevent other light sources so I had to black out the windows. This meant I was literally painting in the dark. Check out the step-by-step view of the painting process at this link. Self-portrait with Still Life – step by step
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