Monday, April 21, 2014

Liverpool Backroad

Whew, my muse has deserted me for months! Maybe this little painting will get me back on track. I tried something different with it by painting the 300# rough watercolor paper with a first layer of yellow acrylic, saving the small areas of white paper, and painting over it with mostly granulating watercolors. I think I was a little heavy handed with the first layer, which caused subsequent layers to be quite dark, but I do like the contrast and saturation that I was able to achieve with this method. And it was really, really fun to paint this way.


3 comments:

  1. Oh this is lovely, you haven't lost your experience.

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  2. I love the drama of this painting, with the strong tree silhouettes and their shadows, and then the sun lighting up the rest.

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  3. Thank you both so very much for your comments. I was beginning to think I couldn't paint at all, after such a long time with no successful paintings.

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