A dear, generous friend has been helping me with my watercoloring. This painting was completed during several of those lessons.
I'm thrilled with the result -- but even more -- with what I am learning:
* The importance of water -- and getting a real SENSE of what that means when using watercolors!!!
* The need for contrast of darks and mid-tones as in the trees!
* Negative painting and masking over paint
* How important the 'central focus is" -- and the need for the brightest, cleanest, most detail right THERE!
Again, my heartfelt thanks to a kind and most generous individual, without whom, my artwork, my life, would be so much less.
MILLE MILLE GRAZIE!
16 comments:
You're lucky to have a great teacher, but then again, you are obviously a very talented student! This is a lovely painting.
Lin, you did wonderful with your watercolors! What a gracious friend to mentor you. It really helps to have a painting partner. I love this painting!
I love the bright poppy swaths! Your colors are so saturated and your brushwork is energetic and just right. No wonder you're so pleased!
Wonderful! What a great painting! The reds just sing -- and the sky is fantastic -- the greens are perfect -- what else can we say? Great!
Absolutely one of your best! Lovely display of light and dark, detail and loose -- you REALLY should mat and frame this!!
Absolutley beautiful Lin!!!!!
Hugs,PATTI
Lin this is fantastic, I love the vivid reds and the cooler greens. I also love your other flower paintings, you seem to have so much patience, I am afraid I am rather slap dash!
Oh that is just stunning!!
WOW! I hope this one isn't just a small sketch/painting in your sketchbook. It is wonderful!
Oh my goodness gracious Lin -- what an absolute joy to see this beautiful painting that you have made. You have really mastered so many techniques with this one. All I can say over and over is WOW!!! It's amazing.
Big congratulatory hugs,
Lorraine
Oh, Lin, this took my breath away! Those reds, the sky, the way you've captured the sense of distance. It's really lovely. You are obviously an apt pupil.
I don't know what I can add - I agree with everyone's comments - this really is gorgeous. Definitely frame this.
wow wow wow! Great job Lin. I can really see your progress in this piece. Really gorgeous and definitely ready for a frame!
so beautiful Lin!!!!
It's so great that you can work with another artist- it seems like we grow by leaps and bounds when we get connected with our peers! All your paintings are beautiful- but this one is a fantastic leap. The colors and atmoshpere are remarkable! Frame it! And brag to everyone you know :)
This is now my all time favorite!!! It is absolutely stunning and gorgeous and perfect!!!!!!!!! Frame it!!
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