Max Jordan

Watercolors, Illustration, & Sketches

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Peachtober day 18: Toad

[image description: a black and white watercolor painting of a paved road, in the middle of which sits a giant, ghostly toad, staring right at the viewer. the road is lined on one side with telephone wires, and on both sides with a mix of pine trees and deciduous trees with leaves falling from them, leaving many branches bare, and the pavement dotted with leaves. a few silhouetted birds fly overhead. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 17: Whistle

[image description: a black and white watercolor painting of a mountainside. the foreground is bare rock dotted with a few pine trees; in the background, tree-colored mountains are visible, with a long train winding over one of them. light, puffy clouds float over the mountains in the distance, blending with the steam from the train's engine. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 16: Hatch

[image description: a black and white watercolor painting with pen outlines, of a spaceship shaped like an egg. it has two fins bolted to it on either side, a round porthole window, and two spindly metal bird legs that it is crouched on. a rectangular hatch is open in its front, with a ladder leading down to the ground, and in front of the ladder, having just climbed down, stands a baby chick wearing a bubble-like space helmet, looking up at the sky. the chick and the spaceship are surrounded by silhouetted pine trees, with a crescent moon and several stars sparking in the sky above. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 15: Aquarium

[image description: a painting of several jellyfish in watercolor and paint crayon. the painting is tall and thin dimensionally, with a bright blue watercolor background. the jellyfish's tendrils are left white via wax resist, with vivid paint crayon in pink, red, yellow, and orange layered over the bodies and tendrils to create a glowing effect. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 14: Brush

[image description: a black and white watercolor painting of a paintbrush coming in from the right side of the image, painting a pool of white onto a black background. several blobby white ghosts are rising up from the white paint. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 13: Marble

[image description: a black and white watercolor painting of a full moon reflecting over the ocean, with silhouetted dark mountains against the horizon. the moon has dark swirls running through it like a marble. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 12: Bark

[image description: a watercolor painting of a closeup of the bark of a tree. the bark is covered with different kinds of lichen and fungus in various shades of green. the tree trunk fills almost the whole image, but there are slivers of bright yellow background showing in two corners. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 11: Seagull

[image description: a black and white watercolor illustration of a seagull perched on top of a large fountain. the fountain is drawn with strong black pen outlines and shadows, and shaded with gray watercolor. small streams and droplets of water fall over large, abstractly floral concrete shapes, and into a small round pool at the bottom of the fountain. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 10: Critter

[image description: a black and white watercolor painting of a pale tabby cat curled up asleep on the back cushion of a couch. both his front legs are stuck out straight, one of them reaching all the way underneath his back paw and tail. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 9: Rope

[image description: a black and white watercolor and pen illustration of several rope-and-pulleys, like those found on a sailboat, stretched across the page, with a view of the sea in the background. a pale human figure is falling from above, suspended as if cut cleanly in half by the uppermost rope, which has a large fraying knot tied exactly where the figure's core/stomach would be. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 8: Leaf

[image description: a watercolor painting of several trees with vibrant yellow and orange leaves. silhouettes of birds fly across the blue sky above. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 7: Strawberry

[image description: a black and white illustration of a strawberry plant. a cluster of ripe and budding strawberries, along with stems, leaves, and flowers, are drawn in black pen with strong shadows. the background is a gray watercolor wash. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 6: Ring

[image description: a black and white watercolor painting of a ghostly white house in a dark pine forest. small white rings are rising from the house's chimney up into the sky, where they meet the large white ring of a full solar eclipse. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 5: Poppy

I went for full color on this one - I've been meaning to paint a California poppy for years now and never got around to it! one of my all time favorite colors :)

[image description: a watercolor painting of a bright orange california poppy, with green leaves and stems, and abstracted small orange shapes all around, perhaps either loose petals or smaller poppies in the distance. the background is filled in with dark green marker in rougher strokes, in contrast to the more delicately painted poppy. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 4: Gingham

[image description: a black and white watercolor painting with pen outlines, of a jam jar with gingham fabric tied over the top with twine. the jar is full of small blob-shaped ghosts. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 3: Slug

[image description: a black and white pen drawing of a slug with a city on its back. several birds fly over the city skyline. /end i.d.]

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Peachtober day 2: Kite

[image description: a black and white watercolor painting of a beach at night. a silhouetted figure wearing a skirt is standing at the edge of the water, holding a kite string that leads up into the sky. on the other end is a giant ghostly white goldfish, illuminating the water below with moonlight. /end i.d.]