Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Pond Watercolor Sketch


Over the past weekend I had a bit of time for a couple more small watercolor sketches. I'll probably be posting a few of these every so often. They are all are around 5"x6" and took about 15-30 min. In many cases I consciously simplify objects to favor having a finished sketch in my allotted time rather than a more detailed unfinished sketch.

        

2 comments:

Diana Zipeto said...

really like these, also like the time constraint.

Matthew Gauvin said...

Thanks Diana!!! I'm really really enjoying making these! Been a long time since I've made art just for the sake of making it and enjoyign the process and being so loose and free with it. I did another dog sketch today adn am just falling in love with the whoel process and result. Basically i've found that when I spend time with my fiance I have short little snippets of tiem every so often where I'll be waiting for her to show up or waiting for her to ge tout of work or waiting for her to take a shower etc. so I figured I would start bringing my watercolors aorudn with me and make use of the time. I never imagined hwo rewarding it would be. I'm hoping that in showing these I will inspire soem other artists to pick up the habbit. I first read about James gurney doing it whenever he was at cafe's or waiting for hsi car to be fixed at the garage. His little watecolor sketche sar esooo inspiring that they just kept sticking int he back of my head till I finally started doing my own.