Work In Progress Wednesday

work in progress, original watercolor 18" x 24 "

close-up of my wip

Hi Everyone,

I'm plugging on through my large version of Lumos.  I will say after having painted a lot of ball jar paintings, I've lost count, that practice sure does help.  I'm almost on auto-paint.  I've worked most of these problems and solutions out on other paintings so this one is really a no brainer.  I can see now why people to studies. Oh and I took these pics with my ipad, not to bad!!  I have the hardest time taking pictures at night with my big camera.

On the home-front school starts next week for Steven.  He'll be in kindergarten.  I can't believe he'll be at school all day everyday:(  I have Sam going twice a week to a preschool program, hopefully I will get a lot of painting done on those days.

See you on Friday for another new Friday Feature:)

Carrie 

Lumos

"Lumos" original watercolor by Carrie Waller 6" x 8" on 260lb Arches SOLD

Hi Everyone,

Did anyone else get swept away in magical wizarding world of Harry Potter?  I certainly did.  When the first book came out my hubby and I were living in Germany and couldn't wait to get our hands on an English copy, this was before Kindles.  They were sold out on base and I borrowed the book from our 13 year old neighbor.  She stayed up all night long reading the book after it's midnight release.  I stayed up the next night reading the book cover to cover and then passed it along to my husband who, in turn, did the same thing.  It was and still is a phenomenon.  So after I painted my first version of this painting for the fabulous Carol Carter, I was thrilled and flattered that Crystal Cook said she wanted me to paint her a version.  Crystal's son a fellow Potter fan said that the painting was cool and that it looked like something out of Harry Potter.  So in honor of the Cook's I am titling this painting "Lumos".  And because I just can't get enough of these ball jars I am painting an 18 x 24 version.

My 6" x8" painting sitting on my 18" x 24" work in progress

I did find it ironic that when I was saving the photo of this painting on my computer I titled it ball jars for CC, then realized that both owners of this painting have the initial CC (Carol Carter and Crystal Cook)  How cool is that:)

See you Wednesday for some more work in progress photos.

Carrie