My First Haiga- digital watercolour

Link to this art in my gallery

 I've been playing around with Sumi-e type brushes...Skip Allens's, David Gell’s, and Painter ones. It's mind boggling, the possibilities are endless. I would have used at least a 100 pieces of paper in the last few days just trying out strokes. So fun, if frustrating because I can't remember which one made that lovely mark when I try to paint something! I'll get the hang of it.
This was done really quickly, including the lame Haiku to try to capture the moment and keep the random happenings in the sky and sea. I warped it, (which spread out some wet coloured blobs so nicely,) used a grainy distorto a bit and this is what it suggested to me.... after I turned it upside down and cropped it. I had to restrain myself from going in and mucking around!

I’m hoping that practicing the strokes and trying to master “The Four Gentlemen,” will help me loosen up in my watercolours. I watched quite a few video’s on You Tube of them being done, and I was so envious of the wetness and fluidity! Would I ever like to be able to paint like that!  Here is a link to some video’s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUubP916CJw

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQKVlYhPnXA

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjL59LZ-RQ

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd_HfFnNyV4

I used to write Haiku many years ago and have always loved the philosphy and form of them. There is a lot of information on them on the internet. Combining a Haiku  poem with a painting is called Haiga.  

“Haiga are abbreviated paintings inspired by haiku (poems composed in three lines of 5-7-5 syllables). The term haiga literally means "haiku painting": "hai" comes from haiku and "ga" is the word for painting. Haiku poetry was firmly established in the 17th century when its first great master, Matsuo Basho, made it his goal to elevate the form to a highly artistic, inventive genre. Haiku and haiga emphasize directness of expression and unpretentious observations of everyday things.”  Definition of Haiga

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