Friday was a UMN floating holiday because it's spring break for students and they gave us a day off too. What to do on a long weekend and a weekday??? Fishing! I wasn't really ready and all my gear was disorganized but I was ready to cast a line. Off to Whitewater I went with a detour at a couple of spots on the Vermillion (very high water). I fished multiple places but the best was of course behind the visitor center at the bluff wall. Lost about 5 flies; I think some fell off my sticky thing and some I just lost to vegetation above and below water. Still, a lovely way to spend a Friday. On my way back I stopped at a buried picnic bench and made a watercolor painting and when at home did an acrylic. I'm not a huge fan of either but it's part of my 1000 hours of practice with each media. The acrylic I can still work on to get the water to look like water and fix the sky a bit. I was having a hard time mixing a brown that matched the color of the water.
UPDATE: I did brown it up and the water looks less like a road and more like water. Will work on the brown land mass on the left to make it look more like the trees and rocks that is is and less like a muddy brown wall.
With the watercolor, it is a drawing with a watercolor brush and I don't think I'm using the characteristics of watercolor in the painting. Something else to work on.
On Saturday, I went to a talk at WP by the Golden rep/artist. We learned about gels and grounds and how to use them, as well as some crazy other medias. Plus cool stuff on how to make transfers and films.
UPDATE: I did brown it up and the water looks less like a road and more like water. Will work on the brown land mass on the left to make it look more like the trees and rocks that is is and less like a muddy brown wall.
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