Watercolor Wednesday Landscape

Into the depths.

Lovely Lilac tinted mountains, tall dark evergreens, misty waters…. they convey so clearly where they hail from!

Echoes of the Pacific NorthWest  – are revealed in this small watercolor landscape.

 

 

Watercolor Landscapes

 

Lesson Tip #1   Color Selection  

 

The paint colors I chose for this Watercolor sets a mood.

Peaceful. Inviting. But dominantly – cool.

 

 

The Start Up Colors    

I used in the foundation washes: cerulean, prussian blue, hansa yellow light and permanent rose.

I let the sky, mountains, water dry.  Then returned to it.

 

Much later.

A few weeks actually. What was I doing all that time?!

I was ‘thinking.’ Considering and Wondering about my best options.

 

I decided to come in with Daniel Smith Indanthrone blue pb60  and Daniel Smith  Sodalite,  and Daniel Smith Serpentine green (this green pigment is from Australia.)

 

 

Lesson Tip #2   Wait Awhile 

This is not procrastination.

Its being thoughtful, considering options and assessing the image whilst being more objective and less subjective.

Rushing in, Fiddling, dobbing, dabbing, being impatient… is less desirable than merely have to ‘wait awhile.’

 

 

Lesson Tip #3   Posts

For more  Watercolor Techniques &  tips,  the following posts are great!

watercolor techniques 

dive into blue

watercolor no fiddling 

serpentine green  

watercolor tree techniques  

watercolor landscapes

the Pacific Northwest

 

 

 

Watercolor  Process:  Finishing

What did I do?

• Rewet  the mountains and water area, next dropped in a drop or two of Sodalite into the water area and mountains.

• Serpentine green was laid down into the front hill area and down into the water.

• Then I let it dry just a wee bit…. before taking the very tip, of my brush into straight pure Indanthrone blue (not watered down.)

• With this, I created the inference and illusion of a group of fir trees along the shoreline.  Hinting, alluding.
• Some, were darker and some paler.
• I really – need to have a wide,  range of  ‘variations’ in tones.

 

 

 

Be  Uniquely……YOU

These are all things you too can do!

• create your own,   special and Original  – sky
• create your own mts, hills and shapes – look into your own Memory!
• create a graded wash for the water
• choose colors that are unique, special, Meaningful to YOU
• let it dry, really Dry.   rewet it.
• apply a tad more paint, here and there…. Judiciously…
• (don’t you just love that word?!)

 

 

Watercolor Wednesday Landscape was left with its rough edges, freshly torn out of its pad.  I liked the look it gave the image for today.