At last, I have finished this series. In one way it was a chore because I am not good at landscape work yet, but with this last one I felt I was working more in the area of painting that I am used to. I need lessons in landscape painting and that is all there is to it, but this work with all the attention being on the surface, was interesting to me and I just love anything with reflections. However, it was a difficult and testing project with a lot of 'micro' brushwork. I wanted to do this in oils so I could emulate the very slow transitions and modulations of colour, but to do that I would need a surface at least 4 feet square and I just don't have the space for that. One day. In truth, the subject also needs a bigger surface to make it recognisable as a reflection in a river bank. Now I am going to have a bit of fun working out what to do next. As I said in last night's post, I have been so wiped out that I can't even remember what I was planning to do. Not a bad thing really as something surprising might come out of it.
"Morning Walk IV"Gouache on Watercolour Paper - 11" x 11"
2 comments:
I don't know, Anne...I am thinking that you working on landscapes on your own and figuring them out is working fabulously! I think this is so rich, so intricate, and oh so rich! Do I see Queen Anne's Lace? Is that a small stream between the prairie grasses and the wild flowers? I just think this is beautiful!!
Now...if you figure out how to overcome the fatigue do share your tips!! I'm right there with you my friend!
Thanks Sherry. It's lovely to wake up to your kind compliments. Yes, that is a small stream but it runs from the flowers at the front to the concrete wall at the back. There is a reflection of a steel fence in the water as well with the overhanging foliage reflected amongst them. Tips? I just try to take good photographs and then copy them. This one took some time and concentration.
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