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LISTENING TO YO YO MA
Watercolor and gouache, 5 x 7 inches

When I painted and played CDs by Yo Yo Ma, our 17-year-old tomcat FRED would lie under the table, gaze into space and lose himself in Cat World.

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RED SWEATER • Online Watercolor Demonstration

RED SWEATER • Demo • I started with this clipping from a a catalog.
1) Line drawing in sketchbook with values suggested.
2) Tape 1/8 sheet of watercolor paper onto board.
3) Draw a likeness onto watercolor paper and wet paper with water using brush. 4) Select hues -- 3 warm, 2 cool: New Gamboge, Permanent Rose, Brown Madder (warm) and Sap Green and Cobalt Blue (cool).
5) Apply warm-colored washes, add some cool.

RED SWEATER • Steps 6 to completion

6) Use sketch for reference, apply mid-toned washes; rely on your color sense to express what you want to say.
7) Darks last. Now refer to the photograph. Look for subtle changes of color and/or value that describe form.
8) Remember LESS IS MORE. (Too many good paintings have gotten beaten to death.) Stand back and think about what you like and don't like. Ask yourself "why."

RED SWEATER • Detail

Last Update • January 22, 2008

"I am not interested in color for color's sake and light for light's sake. I am interested in them as means of expression." -- ROBERT HENRI