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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

BLACK ROCK SANDS - step by step watercolour of landscape

Black Rock Sands, Wales
Transparent watercolour on archival paper
36 x 29.5 cm.
14 x 11.5 in.
Available for purchase
My value sketch

Masked lines of foam under rocks at right.  Painted blue sky first wet-in-wet with cobalt and phthalo. blue. Sand and rocks started w/w with quin. burnt orange, quin. pink and cobalt blue.

Clouds done w/w with mix of aureolin, quin. pink and cobalt blue. Initial washes on rocks using mixture of orange, violet and indanthrone.



Mostly done, but still looked somewhat bland ...

... so I deepened clouds, darkened rocks' shadows and did a w/w application of indanthrone, violet and orange. I think it adds some lovely depth to the work.

I hope you enjoyed seeing the painting evolve, and thank you for dropping by!


5 comments:

  1. What a calm and relaxing and beautiful painting. I love it!

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  2. those reflections on the water are so well done!

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  3. Absolutely beautiful!
    It is so good to be able to visit you once again. I hope you are doing well.
    blessings,
    Penny

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  4. This is another favorite Kathryn. The reflections are beautiful....I love everything about this one.

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  5. Beautiful painting--so serene and painted with such pure washes! Thanks for the tutorial.

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