"On the Way" ($60.00)

(adjusted price.....$60.00.....mounted on a 1.50" depth clayboard)

It's always a delight to see something you were not expecting to see when on the way to do something else. Such was the case when I saw this beautifully glazed pot in a restaurant. The texture was exquisite. Maybe you will see or experience something you were not expecting today.

This piece reminds me of how valuable it is to carry a small pocket camera (with a zoom lens) in your purse. You just never know what you might see when you're out and about.

All of the realistic images I have been painting have been done with gouache. (an opaque watercolor) There is a bit of a trick to blending areas of color together. It is much like painting with oils because in both mediums the paint will move around and too much brush work will end up in mud. I use kleenex to wipe my brush off after every stroke. In the case of this pot, I painted a "grayed down" purple as the first layer....dried it with a hair dryer...sprayed with acrylic spray coating....applied two coats of diluted gel matte medium...and finished painting the pot. Being able to manipulate the surface by creating layers is invaluable . These daily paintings have turned me into a layering "maniac"! You, too, can become one if you give it a try. One more thing...this type of pencil lettering on this surface cannot be done without sharpening your pencil on a sandpaper block.

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