Three Chef's, One Tortilla

This is a watercolor painting I just completed on 150# hot-press paper. I thought the composition with the dark circular wauk, and the dark circular chef hats and would be interesting. I liked the high contrast, but always have trouble getting my darks dark enough.

Pretty Boy

This was another attempt of mine at using hot press paper. I wanted to get the texture of the fur of the sheep and llama. I was pleased with some of it but not other parts. I will paint it again and try to focus more on the texture of the fine hair of the llama.

LaQuinta Chef

This is a 1/2 sheet painting that I did on hot press paper. I have been trying to give more thought with the design. I did a preliminary sketch where I hopefully worked out most of the design problems.

My KittyKat

This is a 1/4 sheet painting that I did on hot press paper. I have been interested in trying to use hot press, since most of the watercolorists that I admire use it, Ted Nuttall, Arne Westerman, Charles Reid, etc. I am finding that there are some interesting things that happen with granulation on hot press. I don't think that I could have achieved the same effect on the fur with cold press.