BLAZING ELEPHANT & The Pure Joy of Color!

BLAZING ELEPHANT
Watercolor on Yupo - 14x17

Blazing Elephant is one of those rare paintings where magic happened while I was painting it! I used yupo paper which provides a slick surface for the watercolors to sit on and allows for bright, bold spontaneous painting. I spattered, spritzed, stamped and used negative painting to pull the shape of the elephant from the colorful background. Makes me happy everytime I look at it:)