Crown Memorial Beach Bathhouse4 10" x 14" watercolor 100% cotton Arches hot press paper |
Dang it, anyway. I've tried three times to create a stand-alone painting of the Crown Memorial Beach bathhouse...hoping each time I might hit the flow I had with the sketchbook painting that I posted last week after watching that Richard Thorn video about creating a strong pencil drawing foundation that allows for a looser approach with the paint.
But it just won't happen. Here are two versions; see what I mean? The top version comes closest, but it still doesn't have that free flowing look of the sketchbook version. The bottom version is just--well, stiff (though it does look better in person than on this screen). I won't even post the third version.
An artist I admire says she never tries to paint a duplicate of a painting she likes because it never comes out as well. Yet other artists say they recreate paintings all the time.
Crown Memorial Beach Bathhouse3 10" x 12" watercolor 100% cotton Arches hot press paper |