Final Santorini

Here's the finished painting with some of the

process along the way. I covered the entire

church and shoreline with the masking fluid.

And then I used the "pouring" technique taught

by Jean Grastorf. I soaked the paper and then

poured the three primary colors onto the paper

and let them blend together. The three colors:

red, yellow, and blue, will make beautiful colors

when they run together. Then I removed the

masking fluid, added a few details, and there is

the finished painting. now, on to the next one!

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Santorini One 11 x 14 Original Watercolor $150.00

Bluebirds and Mountains

The day started outside watching the bluebirds

in my backyard. I knew I needed to try to photograph

them before the trees bud out...which will be any day.

We are having some wierd weather...it snowed all day

Sunday, and then today it was 73 degrees?! That is the

third time this winter that we had some snow. Very

strange for the South...

I am finishing the day working on this mountain

watercolor for my client. I completed the other one

last night, and I will finish this one tonight. I told him

I would give him the choice between them..I might

get lucky, and he will want them both!

Original Watercolor 17 x 23

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A Peak Experience

I got this commission last Friday, and decided to

go ahead and do it quickly. A local man wanted

this watercolor of the mountains, only larger. So,

I am doing it a little bigger for him. It is going to

go in the lobby of his business, and he already had

a frame that he wanted it to fit in. This particular

mountain was in Alaska. He has a condo in Park

City, Utah, and loves the mountain scenery. I

told him I would do a couple for him to choose from.

So here goes the first one..

In watercolor, you put down the light washes first,

and then build up the layers, getting darker in value

as you go. This is on hot pressed Arches paper, which

I really like for landscape. Will post the finished

project soon.

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