On the Streets of San Francisco

 

I snapped this photo while walking down a side street in San Francisco on my way to two bookstores. The little sprout stopped me in my tracks. Little did it know, it would become a painting in my journal, a memory of a very good day.

Supplies:

Journal I made using a discarded, hardcover book with  100 lb Accent Opaque card stock sized Working size (book closed) 9 3/4 x 8" (Repurposing a journal I began in January.)

Acrylics: Holbein, Sennelier, Utrecht, Charvin and Golden (heavy body)

Brushes

Painting knives

Princeton Catalyst Tools

Looked at:

Edvard Munch

Enrique Martinez Celaya

Reading:

Enrique Martínez Celaya: Collected Writings and Interviews, 2010-2017