Painting 33

Ref 987;.- Watercolor; Pouring paint in most of the process

This is the result of my particular process;

"Evanescence on stage singing IMAGINARY"

           ~ In my field of paper flooowers
                    and candy clouds of lullaaaaaby
                           I lie inside myself for hooours
                               and watch my purple sky fly over meeee.........~

The following painting is one of my first pouring painting try, onto wet paper, manipulating it slightly and allowing it to dry, then go back into the painting to finish it into an image you want to.
I start by selectively wet the paper according my sketch while the paper is drying to a light sheen, I select the tubes of watercolor paint I wish to use.  Generally using two or three colors is enough, Choose colors you love, keeping in mind what they do when they mix together. (i.e., mixing complementary colors usually creates mud)
In a small cup I mix about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch squirt of paint directly from the tuve. Then add water.  I squirt it in with a spray bottle, a little at a time.  You want the paint to be fluid, but not watery...like milk or cream.
I mix all of the paint cups before pouring.  So, if the paper has become a bit dry (lost it's sheen), I may mist it lightly with my fine mister bottle, then begin the pouring process.
As you begin the pour, you must be thinking about design principles.  Often the cruciform is the best pattern.  Some people pour with a subject in mind. If you move your hand while pouring, you can get the paint to move out into a line and fill the page more easily.
I usually use all the paint from each cup.  I choose the darkest color first, adding the lighter ones on top.  Doesn't always work that way, depending on the pigment.  You have to experiment.
As I add the next colors, I am following the first pattern laid down by the first color. Overlapping some, but mostly keeping them close to one another
To FINISH you simply allow the images to appear to you.  Turn the paper around to look from different directions (maybe you poured it horizontally, but it makes a really lovely vertical).  Let the piece speak to you to see what it wants to be.  If you use more paint, USUALLY it is advisable to stick with the same colors you used to pour, not to introduce more colors,
I completely with a few brush lines to indicate and represent what I intended to reflect, this painting is not 100% pouring paint I had to raise paint and define forms but I guess 70% was made with pouring intent

Bonus Painting
Ref 986 I was trying to mix opaque and transparent painting over light colored paper this particular experiment didn´t work at all but anyway here is the result

                                                 "The mad woman is mad again"