In Living Color 48 - A Stitch In Time 1 & 2

Okay,  I was hoping that my last paintings would have been a little larger so I had to try another in my normal quarter size sheet.  This turned out to be a bit more technical and took a lot more time but again I was just having fun.  I started out with the same process as the smaller ones which meant I had to get real creative to fill a much larger canvas.  Here is a sample of the beginning stage which consisted of random shapes and colors.

A Stitch In Time - Step One

 

After filling in all the space and adding a few more details it looks like this.

 

A Stitch In Time - Step Two

 

At this point it is ready for the misting of water and a sprinkling of salt to add an additional effect.  You can see the mixing of colors this creates.

 

A Stitch In Time - Step Three

 

 Once the above step was dry I decided I didn't like the white space that was left and chose to fill every area with different colors that would contrast with the color next to it.  I also found that some of the areas became over mixed and muddy looking so I did some extra layering of color to correct it.

 

A Stitch In Time - Step Four

 

 Now that I was finished it somehow didn't seem complete so after much thought I decided it resembled a Crazy Quilt but didn't have the required stitching a real quilt would.  So out comes the trusty Pen & Ink tools.  Below is a close up of the result.

 

A Stitch In Time - Step Five

 

Doing hundreds of little dashes takes a bit of time but I think the final result was worth it.

 

A Stitch In Time - One

Watercolor

11" X 15 "

 

Now that it was finished I felt it was a little darker than I had hoped for so I thought the best cure for that was to do another painting and be more careful with the misting process.  So I began and completed the painting and got the results I originally had hoped for but found that in comparing the two I really did like the first one the best.  Just like one of Grandma's old quilts.

 

A Stitch In Time - Two

Watercolor

11" X 15 "