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New watercolor journal
Posted: May 27th, 2006, 7:47 pm
by Doreen Peri
I bought a watercolor journal. It's small, only 7" x 10". There are only 12 sheets of watercolor paper in the journal and it's spiral bound with a black leather-like cover. Between the sheets are blank sheets of plain paper. I think I'm going to add hand-written poems to the regular sheets.
So, this is my first one...
Watercolor w/ pen & ink

"Pink peonies in a blue vase" - clever title, huh? lol
Posted: May 27th, 2006, 11:09 pm
by judih
i love that title. love the subject and love the painting.
peony poetry
colour caress
mmm ooomph finesse
Posted: May 27th, 2006, 11:37 pm
by Doreen Peri
Thank you, judih.
Trying to find my medium.
It's a little cartoony.
Well hell, life is a little cartoony. lol

Posted: May 28th, 2006, 3:21 am
by Zlatko Waterman
Dear Doreen: (posted at midnight!)
Can there be anything more glorious than watching a sketchbook ( or journal) fill up? Some of the shelves of my studio are filled with neatly ( my wife did it) lined-up sketchbooks and illustrated journals. All are fragmentary, like my life and work.
Some are thirty-five years old. In their pages, it's really shocking to see that wild young man who used to run beside me, drinking, wenching and raising Hades.
So here's to you-- and your lovely pinkness on your sacred paper. There's nothing as close to you except your skin-- cheek-to-cheek with your illustrated journal.
Pretty flowers, by the way.
Your friend,
Zlatko
Posted: May 28th, 2006, 7:31 am
by Dave The Dov
Frame it!!!!
Put it up in a art museum!!!!
So everyone can see the beauty of your talent!!!!
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Posted: May 29th, 2006, 11:41 am
by ~K
The vase is what I am held transfixed by.
Posted: May 30th, 2006, 1:51 am
by Doreen Peri
Zlatko - you are a dear friend! Thank you so much for your support and comments.... I would love to see your journals/sketchbooks.... Your wife is a doll for organizing them like that for you! "There's nothing as close to you except your skin"... god I love that!
Dave - Do they have art museums for amatuers like me? Gimme their phone number, could ya? lol... thanks for your encouragement, Dave!
~K - It's the vase that had me hypnotized trying to paint the darn thing... Thank you!
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Here's page 2.. Ok don't laugh, alright? I can't draw a straight line.
This one's called "Two Chairs, A Glass Table, Watercolor Brushes and a Ladder to the Sunset" (hahaha... another clever title.. I guess I figure I better tell people what it is in case they can't see it.. heh.. i crack myself up)

Posted: May 30th, 2006, 10:41 am
by Dave The Dov
It's not looking to see if you can draw a straight line. It's more like saying WOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! That is gooooodddd!!!!

doreen you should look into seeing if there are any galleries around where you live. That just might be interested in your work!!!!

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Posted: May 30th, 2006, 2:21 pm
by jimboloco
really lovely stunning

colourations
flowing lines well compozingz
what more could ya aks for?
Posted: May 30th, 2006, 11:59 pm
by Doreen Peri
Dave.... do you do promotional marketing work? lol.. awww geez, Dave, you're too sweeeeeeeet.... I'm just a hack!

but I do very much enjoy your applause and if I said anything differently than that, I'd be lying so thank you so much for boosting my ego 'cause I look at these things and think ... man, I sure have a lotta nerve posting this stuff! lol
Jimbo - what more could I ask for but your kind comments which compose me and make me feel like maybe I should keep trying this stuff? Thank you, my friend.

You've colored my evening brightly!
Posted: May 31st, 2006, 5:33 am
by jimboloco
your accessable style makes me wanna try,
mercy watercolours indeed
Posted: May 31st, 2006, 11:51 am
by Dave The Dov
Seriously doreen look into galleries in your area. You never know that might be interested in your work!!!!

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