Joyful Day, Northern Territories photograph
Joyful day. Sometimes – I need to simply reflect upon the beauty of the day and the loveliness the day has given to me.
And in this case, I’m revisiting a moment and letting the blaze of sunset wash back over me.
In other words, I’m ‘filling the well.’
As I paint, my goal is to create the sense of seamless progression of back to front, i.e. background into the middle ground and then foreground. The prior post Depth, shared information on how Colour is a great tool to create the illusion of this kind of depth in a painting. Edges and Tonal values […]
Late Afternoon nature walks refresh the mind and body!
The 5 watercolour techniques I enjoy using to create texture in my paintings: Dry brush, splatter, plastic wrap, moulding paste and granulating pigments on a rough surface paper. Terracotta Pot mainly is created from French Ultramarine with Burnt Sienna applied wet onto a very Rough surfaced paper to get the dimpling textural effect. French Ultramarine […]
Scarlet and Prussian Blue. Allow the paints to sink, to rise and merge! They meld together in their own unique creative ways.
painting watercolours, are much like waiting for a good friend!
