Well…it’s supposed to look like a snowy field.
I’ve been teaching myself the importance of leaving white areas on my paper when painting with watercolor, and I’m getting better. I thought doing a snowy scene would be a good way to show off a little white space.
While I’m learning that lesson, however, I seem to be forgetting the elemental rule that watercolor dries a lot lighter than it looks when wet.
When this painting dried, my beautiful cobalt blue and alizarin crimson skies had faded away. I’ll remember that next time, I hope.
This is my snowy scene of a few bushes and twigs sticking up out of the snow. That’s what it’s supposed to be, and for a first attempt at painting snow, I think it will do.
As always, it was fun to play with colors and paints today.
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A Lovley scene, love the soft coloring ! And refreshing start of day with the heat wave going on here ;O) thank you!!! Xo Johanna
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Yes, we’re having temperatures near 100F with “heat index” readings around 110F. A snowy winter scene was something I really needed. 🙂
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I FULLY understand ;o)
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So soft and lovely.
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Thank you, Jodi. Just wish I hadn’t let the sky fade away to almost nothing. I’m going to work on that. 🙂
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Minimal paint makes for a beautiful scene, well done Judith!
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Thanks. I think I let the colors get a bit too “minimal” LOL. My skies were lovely before the paint dried. 🙂
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Faded or not, this is so pretty Judith. Very serene. Very soft.
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Thank you, Dawn. 🙂
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I love when you paint calm, serene scenes.
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So do I. For me, that’s what watercolor is all about. I like painting peaceful moods and colors. I’m so glad you like them.
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