Monday, July 26, 2021

Alameda

 

Sky and Grass Along the Bay, 9" x 9" watercolor on Arches 100% cotton cold press paper

Got carried away as usual re: the intensity of the blue sky--tried to lighten it and that made it worse. The sky gets so blue here! But I am learning that you have to go easy with representing skies on paper or those intense blues will walk away with it all. In painterly terms, it's easy to go too dark with the sky values. 

In the middle of another version. Stay tuned. 


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