“Spearfish Creek II”

6×6 Watercolor on Clayboard

I am exploring the unique effects I get from painting with watercolor on a specially prepared board, called clayboard.  This board, made by a company called Ampersand,  is coated with an archival kaolin coating, which allows the watercolor to float on the surface before drying.  A special medium is also used with the watercolor.  I use a brand called Schmincke, and I finish the painting with a coat of a spray finish for watercolors, by the same company.  Framed, the pieces do not need to be under glass.  I like to not be separated from the painted surface by a pane of glass.  See more of my recent work at at the Spearfish Arts Center http://www.spearfishartscenter.org/bonnie-halsey-dutton.html and Prairie Edge in Rapid City.