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Spring at Robert Crown Memorial State Beach2 9" x 12" watercolor Stonehenge Aqua Hotpress |
Some artists don't like to repeat their compositions, but I learn a lot by doing so.
This top composition isn't working quite as well as I would like. However, an earlier one was even less satisfying. (See below.) But I learned from the first one. Everything was too dark, including the sky. And I wasn't capturing the freshness of spring in northern California. This time of year the grasses are so green, and the bluish-purple California lilacs, AKA Ceanothus are so beautiful.
So I tried again and came up with the above. I lightened it up and used hot press, rather than cold press paper. It's much better, though not quite there yet. I'll try again sometime.
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Spring at Robert Crown Memorial Beach1 8" x 10" watercolor Arches 100% cotton cold press |
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