Places Only Imagined

Many of my paintings combine watercolors with pen and ink.  The truth is that I don’t have the technique, skill or patience to bring the kind of detail I want to the page with watercolors and at this point in my life I’m not inclined to take the time to learn.  On the other hand, I’ve dabbled with pen and ink for years.   Like many of my art journal entries, these start with a very wet wash of several colors.  Often, I stand the page on end to let the colors flow where they will.  Once a background is set, I splatter other colors onto the wet page until a theme presents itself.   Frequently, the result is floral, other times it’s like a very wet doodle.  Sometimes, the background suggests a scene, a snow covered mountain or an imaginary city.   Then I let the paint dry and begin to work with opaque ink in a drawing pen, usually just black and white but occasionally with colors.   The scenes are Places Only Imagined that are as much a surprise to me as they are to others.   I rarely title my paintings but I thought it would be fun to post several here and ask my readers to title them.  I have titles in mind, too, which I’ll post once I’ve heard yours.  And if no one wants to play, that’s fine, too.  If you click on each painting, you’ll get a higher resolution view.  Thanks for stopping by.

Number One

Number Two

Number Three

P.S. – My favorite in Number Three.

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