Watercolour & black watercolour pencil in Canson sketchbook
Do you have a muse?
My muse has been absent for many weeks - on holiday in warmer climes, I've joked. Then I opened my emailed link to Art Daily and there she was! A 500BC Greek vase spoke to me!
She is now on loan from the Italian Government to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the next four years. So that's where she's been! The loan is in exchange for the return to Italy of the Euphronios krater.
What does your muse look like?
My muse has been absent for many weeks - on holiday in warmer climes, I've joked. Then I opened my emailed link to Art Daily and there she was! A 500BC Greek vase spoke to me!
She is now on loan from the Italian Government to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the next four years. So that's where she's been! The loan is in exchange for the return to Italy of the Euphronios krater.
What does your muse look like?
12 comments:
Robyn, that's amazing, beautifully done!
Wonderful Job Robyn!!!
One thing is for sure...when I find my muse I'll commission you to paint her! I love your colours, bright and gay and uplifting, with a lot of play in them...all the things a muse should inspire. It is interesting that you've decided on black watercolour pencil...is that what you've used for the eyes and the mouth and on the crown? Great work...hope she doesn't leave, feed her well.
Ronell
So glad you found your muse! The Greek vase is beautifully painted-- I love your highlights!
I don't think I have a muse, but I will have to think about it. Yours is terrific.
Mine is apt to go missing on grey days.........
I'm not sure what she looks like but I know I perk up a lot at the sight of good clear light and colour.
Maybe you need to try sculpture?
Isn't this just fantastic? So clear and so purely colored and so well drawn and painted. Wow. I don't have a muse, but I do have a story going on my head and it's mostly constant, but not always. It's where my paintings can come from if I pay attention.
oh, she looks like she would be lots of fun! What beautiful color and line. so much fun!
Thank you all - I was quite pleased with this one. It's what usually happens when I paint something on poor quality paper, it turns out better than the pieces I invest my hopes in.
Ronell - I used the black watercolour pencil as a quick solution to deal with the top of the vase which actually has a beautiful checkerboard pattern that would have taken me days to paint. I then used it to touch up the eyes, which I think was a mistake.
Haven't seen my muse in so long I think I've forgotten what she looks like, lol, but yours is lovely so perhaps I'll borrow her for awhile.
Gorgeous colors here Robyn...
Judi - You're welcome to borrow her but be warned, she has an enormous capacity for Retsina!
Love this, tight little painting, really magical.
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