Watercolor on Canvas demo

Today I drove to Shreveport, LA to do a demonstration

of watercolor on canvas for the Shreveport Art Club. It

was so much fun. There were about 30 there, and I

did two paintings in two hours (not fully completed),

but it gave them the inspiration to want to try some

watercolor on this new surface. I painted this parrot,

and then a flamingo which I will post tomorrow.

Watercolor on canvas is a great new thing. I do the pen

and ink drawing first, and then wet the canvas, and do the

wet-into-wet washes first. As it dries, I add a lot more

pigment so it will be intense. I enjoy adding lots of

mixed media on top of the paint; in this case, some

colored pencil, pastel, and tulip slick puffy paint!

The painting will be added to the Key West section

of the "Palms to Pines" art show opening Thursday.

"Polly Who?" original wc on canvas 16 x 20 $200.00