watercolour landscape 6

watercolour landscape 6, originally uploaded by odet1.

carefully removed the tape and put in some colours for the middle and foregrounds. Made the colour a bit thicker and warmer for the foreground to provide recession.

watercolour landscape 5

watercolour landscape 5, originally uploaded by odet1.

Softened the cloud shadow with toilet paper and added in some distant hills, softened them too with the toilet paper.

watercolour landscape 4

watercolour landscape 4, originally uploaded by odet1.

I wetted the clouds with clean water and dropped in a bit of shadow (ultramarine blue, aliziron crimzon and burnt sienna).

watercolour landscape 3

watercolour landscape 3, originally uploaded by odet1.

Then some ultramarine blue wash for the main part of the sky, and a weak aliziron crimzon for the bit just above the horizon. I took colour out of the sky for the cumulus clouds with toilet paper.

watercolour landscape 2

watercolour landscape 2, originally uploaded by odet1.

Next some masking tape on the water line and the distant land.

watercolour landscape 1

watercolour landscape 1, originally uploaded by odet1.

I started off with a short horizon line about 2/3 of the way down, then worked in a bit of land around that.

daisies between two rocks

daisies between two rocks, originally uploaded by odet1.

Moira said this would have been good if Daniel (aged 8) had done it. Well, I think that is accurate. For some reason I found this Frank Clarke lesson quite difficult to follow, but I still enjoyed it and learnt from the experience. The nice thing about acrylics on canvas is that you can always paint over it once it's dry. If at first you don't succeed, destroy all the evidence :-)