This was done in my favourite three colours a warm red, yellow and blue and allowed wet colour mixing on the paper to get a myriad of subtle shades before picking out some recognisable shapes and forms.
Originally I had an image of a mountain river I took in New Hampshire one fall, but I felt the background was too dark. Recently I saw a woodland scene on the TV and it gave me an idea for a more interesting background. Both were contra jour so fitted well together and seemed to add up to more than the sum of the parts.
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Beautiful painting Graham. ❤️
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What a gorgeous painting to start my day.
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Really lovely – catches the light beautifully.
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Very beautiful. I love the reflection of the light on the water surface! And the colour is very vivid despite using watercolours!
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Thanks Jasonas. Watercolour can be quite vivid when used properly. You need to have a full range of tonality which you get from dilute to nearly neat from the tube. I do know someone who does use it neat.
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It’s so beautiful and poetic through art
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