Watercolor Series Project

Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

a series offers variety on a

theme

A series can be versions of the same thing

a series can be versions of different things which are related in

some way

a series can tell a story

a series can be experiments to answer a question

e.g., what kind of background?

What are all the ways light can be painted?

What are all the ways that color can be mixed?

how to paint leaves?

how to paint rubber and rusted metal?

how to paint the face?

a series can start with a masterstudy and then be applied tooriginal work

(study of Georgia O’Keefe)

(study of Emile Nolde)

(study of John Singer Sargent)

a series can start with a master study and then be applied to original work

(study of Oscar Kokoschka)

Series Examples

Still Life

Series Examples

Abstraction

Series Examples

Portraits

Series Examples

Animals

Series Examples

Landscape

Series Examples

cityscape

Drawing in the Museum

Adam Hirsch

Pamela Lanza

Watercolor with white paint

• White paint used as an ‘eraser’ to clean-up unwanted line

Step 1White acrylic on top of the ink and wash

Step 2 After white is dry, more transparent ink washes are applied

white sponged on top of the dark