Day 30- Lunar roses

 

Day 30- Lunar roses(painted during the lunar eclipse)

7 x 7 inches , watercolor on Arches CP

 

already up on etsy here

 

There was a persistent buzzing sound while this was being put on paper, so the fly

was added in.

 

 

Day 29- Pink scarf thrown about

Day 29- Pink scarf thrown about

5 x 7 inches watercolor on Arches CP

already up on etsy here

 

Yes.

Much better.

 

 

Day 24- Coffee break-

Day 24- Coffee break

4x6 inches watercolor on Arches HP

 

I have spent the last three mornings sorting through things in the studio. Which is another way of saying I am throwing things out, and feeling much lighter for it. It is an invaluable exercise in sorting out what you really love, what really works and why.

 

 

Day 16- 'Safeway daffodils'

 

Day 16- 'Safeway' daffodils

6 x 8 inches, watercolor on Arches HP

 

(...)"  'daffodil' is said to be derived from 'affodil', a variant spelling of 'asphodel', of which daffodils were at one time considered a form. The asphodel was the flower of the Elysian Fields, the heaven of the Greek and Roman poets where the souls of the dead strolled " (...)

 

                                                                                    The Morville Hours , Katherine Swift

 

This one pot of daffodils is from Safeway, not from heavenly fields, very unassuming really, in a very ordinary setting as well, not Elysian like at all. (and yet who knows maybe this is as good as it gets, making a quick watercolor first thing in the morning, in a comfortable home, with a contented family)

                                                                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 11- Inside- outside

Day 11- Inside -outside

6 x 6 inches, watercolor on Arches HP paper

 

I think I do my best work when I paint directly, translating what I see and what pleases me

with simplicity, trying to get the essence of the thing , but with a touch of humor.

A raw, maybe 'odd' shape makes my heart skip.

Right now I am trying to 'weed things out'. (Stop taking myself too seriously-again)

Day 5- When your Muse has taken a day off-

Day 5- Tulip season (When your Muse has taken a day off)

5 x 7 inches, watercolor and gouache

 

I am slowly replacing my watercolors with gouache. Each time a tube finishes I buy

the equivalent color in acrylic gouache. I have come to really appreciate the way gouache can have a substantial feel of 'body' but can also be very, deliciously transparent.

Generally I feel ms.Muse has been quiet, but it comforts me to know this usually happens right before she comes up with some new, sudden push forward. Trust

your Muse when she 's quiet...Keep working.

 

Day 22- Start at the beginning-

 

Day 22- Start at the beginning

watercolor 8,5 x 11 inches

 

There are a few monsters out there that I am called to battle with.

Not unusual monters , just your typical-everyday- everybody-has-them-monsters. 

One of them is called :feeling-helpless. I have decided to beat that one early on in the day.

 Battle done and over with first thing in the morning. (but every morning)

The minute I get out of bed I make my mental decision to trash that sorry beast, and I don't look back...(blowing at my smoking gun now...)

 

Hugs-

 

 

Day 21- How many words are enough words?

                                                       



























                                             Day 21- How many words are enough words?
                                                        watercolor 8,5 x 11inches

                                 'Too many words, even the right words, can kill the poem'.
                                                                                       Mary Oliver-
                                                                                            (from Long Life)


                                                                          Hugs-

These days-

Making bread in the morning- It takes me fifteen minutes-

But then, the simplest of meals becomes something quite special-

Meanwhile, I am working my way through one hundred miniatures-

Which didn't start abstract, but abstraction pushed it's way in-

I can't rest, can I?

My mind is in a knot-

and I am slowly and carefully

trying to turn the maze into a river-

Flow-

breathe-

smell rosemary...

there it is-

I have learned to bake bread, haven't I?

 I added some rosemary to my loaf this morning-

an experiment that seems will turn out just fine-

Yes, it will.

All will turn out just fine.

I trust-

Hugs-

Annamaria Potamiti

Flowers holding on-

Watercolor, 5 x 7 inches

Hugs-

Annamaria Potamiti-

From the life drawing studio-

Watercolor. 5X7inches.
My thoughts are with Japan.
I am also thinking of what is solid- what is enduring-

hugs-

Orange battles-

Watercolor-
Tina has an intersting reading list for the week, take a look here-
Hugs-