Leaf Ghost #141

This one combined dry paper for the dark squares with wet-on-wet for the lighter spots. I love the vivid colors of the sumi-e paint set.

I also enjoyed listening to a trio arrangement of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony while I painted. Nicely relaxing.

Leaf Ghost #140

Poe, page two.

I think this particular variation on the leaf ghost theme might look right at home on the walls of the Glore Museum. But perhaps that’s part of the charm.

Leaf Ghost #139

My idea of an ideal summer, all captured in a single photo.

After a rough May, I’m finally settling back into a place of comfort with some creative work. I actually did the pencil sketch for this ghost more than a month ago and then couldn’t find the time or energy to actually paint it. 

I even briefly changed the number, assuming that I’d do some ghosts when we were on vacation in late May, but between the rain and the cicadas there wasn’t really a lot of opportunity to spread out on the picnic table and paint.

The greens have too much water in them, which produced an uneven surface effect that I thought looked leafy.