I saw a woodland scene simply done in watercolours the other day and wondered whether some of my scenes could do with decluttering. The painting was eye catching though too simplistic for my taste but I felt it was worth trying some of the principles.
This painting was from view I have had lying around for a while and I thought that it would make a good starting point. I proceeded with a wash of strong primary colours over the wetted sheet and then moved the whole lot with more sprayed water to get some colour mixing into a myriad of hues.
When dry, further forms were created into sprayed areas to give hit and miss shapes and gradually the whole thing was worked up with drier and drier brushwork.
I’ll do a few more and compare them with earlier paintings I have done.
Other woodland paintings are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com
Nice painting, you really captured the light well!
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Your watercolour process sounds really fascinating. The painting is lovely.
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Thanks Margaret, some of it is from “How to Make a Watercolour Paint Itself” ( a title that just made me smile) by Nita Engle. It’s still in print and worth a read if you’re into watercolour painting.
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Thanks for that . I might look it up .
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Gorgeous, I wish I was there right now!
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Thanks Tiffany. Maybe not right now it’s torrential rain at the moment.
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Love the light!
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Thanks Suzanne, the mixing of 3 primaries on the paper with water can give really lovely luminous effects.
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I’ll have to try this now that I am getting into watercolour with my daily sketches. Thank you!
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