Daily Watercolors: 20080914

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Lone Daisy

It does look quite lonely don't you think? Kinda like me lately, now that the boys are in school full time! :(

Blossom ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2008.

Blossom's hair changes colour with her moods - as you can see today she is feeling a little blue.

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Odysseus ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2008.

In mythology Odysseus is the son of Laertes, King of Ithaca. He is one of the heroes of the Trojan war, recognised for his cunning and eloquence. It is he who comes up with the idea of the Trojan horse. After the war his journey home takes 20 years and is the basis for Homer's Odyssey. Along the way he encounters the Lotus Eaters, the sorceress Circe, the Cyclops, Sirens, Scylla and enters the underworld.

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Agamemnon ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2008.

In mythology Agamemnon is the brother of Melenaus, husband of Helen of Troy, and joins his brother in the war against Troy, and is a major figure in the war, though not always in a positive way, offending both the goddess Artemis and the hero Achilles along the way. He takes King Priam's daughter Cassandra as his prize when the war is won. While away fat the war his wife Clymenestra takes a lover, Aegisthos. When Agamemnon returns they murder both him and Cassandra.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Postcards from Yosemite

Thank you to Erika for inviting me to show you some of my watercolors here on the Daily Watercolors Blog. I've enjoyed looking at all the beautiful pieces on this site. Here's a few postcard paintings from my recent Yosemite trips.

The first two are about 4 x 6, and the last one is about 3.5 x 5 - it's painted in the little tiny sketchbook with the little tiny travel palette that Erika gave me when I was in Arkansas. Number one is the bridge at Curry Village in Yosemite Valley. Number two is the vast walls of Yosemite Valley, and Number three is Birch Lake at Camp Mather, just outside of Yosemite.

This is my very first blog post ever! If it goes well then I'll get more adventurous and post some larger on-location paintings I did on this same trip.

Thanks for looking!

Hillary

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Mermaid's Tears ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2008.

I don't know why this mermaid is crying - they are highly strung, contrary creatures, prone to tears - but I know she will collect the tears, allow them to dry and then when they have hardened and crystallised, make jewellery with them to sell.

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