Molly Making Squares

For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, Ben leaving town on vacation is immediately followed by me experiencing an intense desire to paint. This is regardless of the fact that I haven't had a painting class since I was 8-ish and I pretty much have no natural talent. Because of this, my paintings tend to incorporate geometrical objects - I can practice basic skills without worrying about drawing accurate shapes. Ben's last vacation resulted in a foray into acrylics, so this trip I decided to try my hand at watercolors.

All of these are made with Winsor and Newton Cotman water colors:
Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue 119
Lemon Yellow Hue 346
Intense Blue (Pthalo Blue) 327
Prussian Blue 538
Cadmium Red 094
Alizarin Crimson Hue 003

Squares 1
6-15-2009



This was my first attempt at water color and while I wasn't very good at generating consistent dilutions I like the colors a lot and there is enough going on to keep my interest.

Squares 2
6-16-2009



I'm no where near as happy with this one as I was with the one above. My painting technique isn't really any better and the composition is a whole lot more boring. FAIL.

Squares 3
6-17-2009



This one started out really well (I was working on my shading skills) and then I added way too much paint to the blue square. Better luck next time.