Mouths (the Trial), July 25 25 July 2007

Pencil and watercolor on Arches cold press.
As the title suggests, this drawing references itself to Kafka’s fiction, though not specifically to The Trial. I think explicating its relation to Kafka’s stories would be the fastest way to kill any meaningful association.
I can’t even really call it a watercolor — it’s more of a drawing, [...]

Sofia Mod. 2, July 25 25 July 2007

Pencil and silver ink on Arches cold press.
Sofia mod. 2 is the first watercolor here that has no pencil work at all. It is just watercolor washes and silver ink. The first layer is a red wash. While still wet, I applied just water to the edges, causing the color to bleed [...]

Sofia mod. 1, July 18 19 July 2007

Pencil and watercolor on Arches cold press.
The head is the most abstract part of the whole. It is mostly inert, and although graphically appealing, due to its ABA pattern of dark-light-dark across the head, it is pure design, and denotes nothing except that — simple design. The body gives pleasure by being based [...]

Kira mod. 2, July 16. 18 July 2007

Pencil and watercolor on Arches cold press.
I try to keep the quality of the slide as close as possible to the original, but with this some subtleties were lost – a wash of blue is almost gone from the lower right quarter of the painting, and a strong red streak from the face to [...]

My dad is sleeping because he’s sick, July 13. 14 July 2007

Pencil and watercolor on Arches cold press.

Sofia at home, July 7 14 July 2007

Pencil and watercolor on Arches cold press.