Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Watercolor "Designated Babysitter" by Kathy Michels


I had posted some of the progression of this watercolor. This is the finished piece. Although I originally painted the bottom, I ended up cropping it out. There was so much going on with the shadows and the ornate metal bottom of the bench that it was too distracting. I wanted the focus to be on the noses on this one.


6 comments:

Maria Kovalenko Leysens said...

I like the cropping here and the direction it leads us.

blah said...

I like both of your paintings! Really really well done and a unique and fun theme!

Mary Beth Brath said...

Great work Kathy!

Cecelia Lyden said...

Another great one, Kathy--wonderful composition and equally wonderful sentiment.

CECELIA LYDEN said...

Just looked at this wonderful painting again. Such a masterful use of black?, blue-black?, not sure of the color--It beautifully unifies the whole composition.

Kathy Michels said...

Thank you so much for all the kind words. It is always so fun painting these scenes you run across in life. Cecelia-thank you for the kind words on the black. We have been taught to make our black using Windsor Green (blue shade) mixed with Alizarin. I love the intensity of this mixture and how it always makes the people pop. It is just a vibrant beautiful color.