Water-Painting
For her birthday, Kel was recently gifted a Buddha Board, which is meant for “in-the-moment” water-painting. And that’s a pretty apt description of how it works. You use a brush to “paint” with water. The board’s surface then darkens where wet and the image is revealed—but not for long!
As the water evaporates, the image fades to nothing. This means one gets only a short time to complete a drawing, but it also allows for some pretty interesting effects, too. None-the-less, after a few minutes the image is no more. Fortunately, a digital camera makes it easy to “make the moment last.”
The nymph shown above was my first real attempt at doing a complete drawing with the Board. With all the arty talk recently at FF&W, consider it a fleeting homage to Jeff Kennedy’s 365 project.
I am really interested in seeing where the Board can take me artistically (as long as Kel lets me play with it). So, I’ll be messing around with it as I get the inspiration to do so. I’ll keep posting the water-paintings that result, and I hope that they find an audience here, despite their ephemeral nature.
Jason,
Great Buddha Board Nymph. I might have to look into picking one up! Thanks for the dedication of the fly!
Jeff
Jeff—Thanks for the compliment and for stopping by the blog. My pleasure with the nymph, and I’m looking forward to seeing your book! If you get a BB, let me know, and we can do a bit of back-and-forth with vanishing pix…
Jason,
Possibly another idea as drawing(s) for T-shirts? We all like flies that we tie as trout that we catch. I like all kinds of flies: midges to streamers, #1/0 to #22. But if I have to pick up one, I like soft-hackles. Traditional patterns tied either large or small. I’d like to see your drawings or flies for soft-hackles if you have some.
Satoshi—I’ll do a soft-hackle for you on the Board and see how it turns out. At least it will be a “wet” fly, no question about that…