Great Art: tips and techniques from an award winning oil and watercolor artist, her work focus is interesting light and shadow patterns. Favorite subjects are Seascapes, Flowers, Still Life, Illustrations, Graphic Design.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Painting Watercolor Washes - Creating Mood in a Painting
Here is a recent watercolor that I have completed of a foggy, grey day at the Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse located at the mouth of the Connecticut River in Long Island Sound. There is a small pond near Katherine Hepburn's old house in the Fenwick section of town that overlooks the lighthouse and that is what I have painted here in this watercolor.
In the watercolor class that I teach at Artisans Harbor in Saybrook , CT we have been practicing washes and the painting here I started with a nice grey wash of raw sienna first and then a mix of ultramaine blue and raw umber to create the moody background. This watercolor is all framed in a double off-white mat with a thin gold frame and can be viewed at Artisans Harbor on Main St. in Old Saybrook, CT or it can be shipped. The painting price is $250.
If you have any questions about the painting please send along an email.
Thanks, PJ
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