LOW LIGHT ON A YOUNG RIVER – WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

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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