scobot 45 No.3

Created: Feb 2012. Materials: Watercolors, Colour pencils, watercolor paper mounted on media board. Classified as a “45” because the dimensions of the paper reminded me of 45 record sleeves. size: 8.25″ x 8″

This is the third in the series “45”. I didn’t start out trying to make a series, just had a book of sample types of watercolor papers. I believe the first two 45’s I did were on the wrong side – as this one is done on the side with the paper maker’s mark (which I didn’t notice until I was well on my way painting this! oops).

Obviously this is a lot more “tight” than some of my other work. It just seemed to head there. Mostly this is me just trying to get used to working with watercolors – not sure I ever did, but I liked how it came out. Picked up a few tricks that I hope to remember. I was proud of how SOME of the bubbles came out – not all – but some came out really good and are my favorite part of the painting.

Not sure if this represented my emotional state at the time or not (underwater, air hoses getting tangled) but the suit does look nice and cozy.