The Texture of Life

"Adobe Evening," 5 x 7 watercolor, 140 lb Fabriano Artistico extra white cold press paper

Texture. 
The older you get, the more texture you have in your life...wrinkles, yes, and more.
Consider all of nature for that matter, and creation. Texture means interest. Texture is contrast.
Contrast, texture brings drama to all creation, whether natural or human generated, in music, sculpture, photography, painting--the list goes on. 
That's why the best time for photography is early or late in the day, when slanting rays of the sun emphasize the texture of any subject. And in paintings, changes in light bring out the grain of life.
Today's Doodlewash's #WorldWatercolorMonth July 2 prompt was "texture." 
I was stumped until I thought about adobe in dramatic light, and picked up my sponges to emphasize the grand texture, the infinite grain and colors of those earthly buildings. 
Yes, there are a few brush strokes, but the majority of this painting is brushless. Texture.

A month of watercolor painting

Here they are, 32 paintings from July, surpassing the 31 daily challenge from #worldwatercolormonth. 
Some favorites, near the bottom, and some not so favorites. There are 32 because I failed one day's challenge--mountain climbing no less. But, I did two roadrunners and two mermaids, and two unicorns. And atoned for the failure by painting the Truchas peaks on Day 30.
For the record, here are the daily challenges. Can you pick them out?

• Sunny Days--July sunrise walker
• Delicious Food--Cezanne apples
• Primary Colors--brushes
• Family Moments--fieworkds
• Shades of blue--ocean
• Simple things--red wagon
• Playing games--abstract chess
• Flying things--witch
• Climbing mountains--oops
• Light and luminous--morning light at house
• Beautiful blooms--not shown, for sale at gallery (Purple creation)
• Forest animals--Unicorn
• Fast and loose--Roadrunner
• Sweet treats--snowcone
• On the beach--Red bikini
• Casting shadows--Trump's swastika
• City life--OKC dawn runner
• In the jungle—Conrad's Heart of Darnkness
• Rainy Days--cabin
• Wet & Dry--Martini
• Glorious golds--unicorn
• Under the sea—mermaid
• Furry creatures—cats
• Mono mood--blue station
• Farm life—panhandle elevators
• Splashing around—sunset surf
• Clouds in sky--thunderhead
• Nature hike—man with cane
• Childhood memory—streetcar
• Exotic location--Truchas, cabin
• Celebration of color--creation