Just tonight I videotaped a lesson that is a reinforcement of the first class in my mastering colour course. One demonstration I did on ‘paint strength’ when used wet in wet sort of morphed into this image. It reminds me of views I see often at our cabin on Lake of the Woods. It also reminds me why I love watercolour so much. That magical mixing of water and paint can create images that can’t be planned. This painting began as a flat yellow orange wash over the entire surface. I waited about a minute then added the thalo blue band in the middle (which combined with the wet background to create green). After a couple of minutes for the surface to dry some more I layed in the very dark mixture. Lifting out the light band in the middle completed this simple little image.
P.S. I hope to have the aforementioned video clip on this site very shortly so be sure to check back.
Lake Reflections
watercolour
5″ X 3″
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