In the last week I’ve painted a number of 7×11 watercolors from photos I’ve taken in this area. Here are a few.
The Skokomish River empties into Hood Canal and forms a tide flat that’s flooded at high tide. Katy and i drive by this section of the river every Sunday on the way to church.A bigleaf maple tree on the Skokomish Indian Reservation. I like the varied colors of the tree trunk but I didn’t get the yellow leaves as crisp as I would like.The rear of an abandoned house on Potlatch Road. I like the crumbling dignity of old houses.Barnes Creek near Lake Crescent lodge, painted from a footbridge that Katy and I have hiked several times. I like this composition and I think I’ll try it again.A storage shed in the woods for a construction company. Simple but effective.
5 thoughts on “Painting up a storm”
Warren
I should think getting detail with watercolor would be very hard. You are doing a good job of obtaining such detail.
I’m trying to keep a balance between enough detail and not too much detail. If a painting has lots and lots of small details, it diminishes from the overall effect of the painting. Leaving some areas of the painting flat is helpful in guiding the eye to the center of interest.
I don’t know why, but it makes me happy, too. Something about this sturdy little work shed out in the woods waiting for someone to come open it up. Thanks, Guy!
I should think getting detail with watercolor would be very hard. You are doing a good job of obtaining such detail.
I’m trying to keep a balance between enough detail and not too much detail. If a painting has lots and lots of small details, it diminishes from the overall effect of the painting. Leaving some areas of the painting flat is helpful in guiding the eye to the center of interest.
The storage shed looks so good!! It makes me feel happy to look at!
I don’t know why, but it makes me happy, too. Something about this sturdy little work shed out in the woods waiting for someone to come open it up. Thanks, Guy!
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