When I was young I would feed the calves after milking the cows. In the milk house I would mix some milk replacer powder with warm water in a tin bucket with a nipple attached. I remember the sound of the air filter and vent swinging in the milk house.
When feeding the calves some would finish sooner than others and they would try to drink the bucket that wasn’t theirs. The way to distract them is to put your fingers in their mouth and let them suck your hand. Inside the mouth the teeth are big and you feel the ridges on the upper roof. If they really wanted to they could bite your fingers, but they never did. They just wanted to be comforted.
I enjoy painting in several mediums, and recent,y watercolor has been especially fun to explore. My watercolor setup is minimal. I use a Schmincke Horadam limited palette and a tiny Bijou box with an attached water flask to create these paintings—the entire setup fits in my shirt pocket.
Painting with watercolor feels similar to working in oils, yet new at the same time. The palette of colors is quite different from what I would choose on my own, and that’s part of the fun. Look closely and you’ll see free-flowing pencil lines and layered watercolor washes. I’m really enjoying making these paintings, and I think it shows.
All watercolor paintings are created with professional watercolors on Baohong 140 lb or Arches 140 lb paper.
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