Grandsons

© Ellen Blonder

Here's another watercolor from the book proposal. I transferred a photograph of my grandfather with my baby brother and nephew onto watercolor paper, and painted around it. The happy Buddha figurine that sat on my grandparents' cabinet always fascinated me, and with the photograph, it looked like my family was life imitating art. 

Generations

©Ellen Blonder

Thinking of family today. This is a watercolor I painted as part of a book proposal for a follow-up to my first book, Every Grain of Rice. That's my grandfather in the scanned photo. I printed it onto the watercolor paper before I started painting around it. He's holding my brother and cousin, and the photo reminded me of the Buddha figure that sat on his mantel.