This watercolor was inspired by a black and white photograph - a good exercise in being creative with color. The photo was also a good guide for the lights and darks. I took a lot of artistic license changing shapes and leaving out a water scene in the background and replacing it with distant trees. I used quinacridone gold, cadmium yellow, cobalt blue and Prussian blue and sepia ink for the textures in the foreground.
This is really great Jean. I love the texture you create with the added ink.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lorraine. The sepia inks do work magic for texturing.
DeleteAbsolutely love this Jean!!! It has everything I love about a painting... the cool blue with the warmer golds, the rich darks and beautiful textures!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Judith. It's funny how whenever I do a painting I hear my old instructors voice in my head reminding me of the things you mentioned. I guess he did a good job of imprinting the elements and principles of design on the class.
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