Artist Studio
The focus of this painting was to capture the lovely greens in the trees and their reflection in the water. I invented most everything to make the painting happen, what a joy to paint when the subject matter evokes a feeling of intimacy.
I painted these 3 watercolors for a scene in Rockland, Maine and I kept changing it to get a better more light filled composition. I will post them first to last and I think you will see that the first image is pretty dark and the movement in the painting is pretty harsh. In the
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This painting was a demonstration for one of my watercolor classes. I kept the background really cool and nondescript and used a large flat brush to apply the cerulean blue and cobalt violet background. I used a really small rigger brush to paint everything else. I used the rigger every way I could think of trying explain that the use of different tools creates more opportunities for unique solutions. This light is captured with the bright foreground and dark cast shadow. Try a different brush and make your paintings more expressive.
So it’s cold, icy, and early January. I thought of Maine in September and painted this familiar beautiful house with a wonderful shadow pattern. My goal is to capture the light and feeling of summer, nothing too complicated. As always, the holidays have taken a toll on my work production, not really the truth because I have painted about 10 oils in the last month but this is my first watercolor in a few weeks and what a wonderful medium it is. I know why I spend 35 years painting in it, it is spontaneous, transparent and friendly to those who practice and develop good skills. Get comfortable with the medium, your drawing, and subject matter and you will have a good year.