These two fishermen are chilling out, having a cold beer on their boat in the harbour, whilst I am sitting back thinking about watercolour.
I find everything to do with watercolour thoroughly exciting, challenging, nerve-wracking and sometimes rewarding! In fact, every attempt at it is rewarding, because no matter what the result, it is a step closer to a better result. And the fact is, I believe, you just have to go through these steps.
For me it starts out as a puzzle, as I need to analyze and figure out how to approach the painting. In regards to this painting, I took a different approach to the colours. It was a studio piece from my recent photograph. As with most snapshots, the dimension and feel just isn’t there. I decided to go with the complementary approach and chose orange and blue. In addition to the first two colours, there was only a tiny bit of yellow, a tiny bit of pthalo blue and a little white gouache to restore some highlights.
I was quite happy with this combination as it worked well for the sand-stony rocks and native trees. I’m not big on painting figures, so I’m quite happy enough with these two thirsty characters. In fact, boats are a new thing too, and I’m looking forward to giving them another shot with one of the many beaut boats in our harbour.
The colours look very pleasing and the boat stands out so nicely, I really like your painting!
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Thank you, Liz! Means a lot! 🤗
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I love your posts. Fantastic art!
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Thanks so much! 🤗
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Your welcome. I really appreciate you sharing your paintings. I am not that brave yet, LOL… Hard enough to share my poems.
You create beautiful art…
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Your poems are great! You are a very passionate soul! 💛👌👏
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You are very sweet to say so, thank you! 🙂
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It is so good to see your work. And, this is a lovely one. I’m looking forward to more of boats.
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Thanks Holly! I find I’m trying to view the world more through the eyes of watercolour. It’s such an intriguing science!
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Yes, a science of pigments in suspension and their trip across the surface of a given paper! Now if only one could think like a scientist!!!!
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Lovely to hear from you, Holly! I think we all have a little bit of “mad professor” in us! Lol 🙂
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A lovely coastal landscape….
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Thanks, Evelyn! Much appreciated! 🙂
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