'Drums' & a couple of old ones

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Tree Study 1988. (14x19") Watercolour



Trecwn Arborial, 1988 (10x7") Watercolour on paper


Searching through my studio today, I came accross a pile of what I had assumed to be old sketch-notes. Lo-and-Behold, wedged amongst them I discovered a collection of small watercolours that I had completely forgotten. No doubt at some time in the past they had fallen out of favour and been relegated as 'references'. But I was surprised that some of them weren't so bad, so I thought I would share a couple of them here.

The other painting here today though, is one which was posted many moons ago, but had somehow escaped the ether.
It belongs to the series of three which I painted, inspired by jazz and blues music. The other two, 'Cryin the Blues' and 'Trumpet' can be found at the beginning of this blog. This one is called, simply, 'Drums', and was my expression of the colour, energy, enthuisiasm, and movement of a live stage performance. It was painted with just three colours: alizarin, cadmium yellow, and cobalt blue.


'Drums' (15x11") Watercolour on 140lb w/c paper.