This is the latest of several watercolors I have done of reflections in water. Bare cottonwood branches appeared as a beautiful pattern in a pond in winter and inspired this painting.
Below is the painting in an earlier stage. I had begun by laying a smooth wash of yellow gold and blue gray over the entire paper, allwed it to dry, and then added the darker blue pattern of the waves. Once that had dried I applied masking fluid.
Next I used a rigger brush and a Da Vinci Maestro number 8 round to paint the patterns of the dark reflected trunk. You can still see the masking fluid on this version.
Hats off to your imagination...You are really good in watercolor painting.. All the posts you posted here are showing your skills...I found your blog interesting...Keep going...
Posted by: villa calpe | January 18, 2011 at 01:40 AM
wow, it's really amazing to come across such artwork.
honestly, i actually thought these were ripples in the water. if i had not read your post, i wouldn't really know that this was a painting.
Posted by: web designing | January 20, 2011 at 02:07 PM