Fall arrangement

Final of Fall Arrangement

This is the finished painting. The masque has been removed and color filled in where the white lights were too bright and too large. The only thing I would change is I would have darkened the background around the upper right sunflower but hesitate to do so now.

Next image

This next image was of taking off the masque , adding more color and reapplying masque to the tiny light spots on the berries and tiny seeds. Then darker color was applied to pop the flowers in some areas.

Next image

This is the next phase of this Fall arrangement watercolor.Color was added to the flowers and planning for complementary color around the flowers.

Time to get back to work

Christmas is over and I plan to work on the Fall arrangement today. It is cold and dry here so will bundle up and walk the dogs and then get busy. Hope to have a finished painting by tomorrow morning. All the painting gifts were well received.

Happy Holidays

I have done only framing, taking pictures down from a show and today will remove paintings from a restaurant that is closing permanently. Our local painting group has used this restaurant for more than a year for monthly shows, but the economy has struck them hard. We lose our GM plant the end of January so the economy in this town will just get worse. People don't buy paintings when they are struggling to put food on the table. Hope all have a Happy Holiday and a more prosperous New Year. I do want to work on the latest watercolor and will post any new work as soon as it is available.

Lake Erie Docks

It is finished. Due to the picture being so dark I had to improvise the dock and the rocky ground and lightenup the land masses. The sky isn't exact but it got so wet and thick with paint I was afraid it would blend too much. I had difficulty getting the hot pink color of the sunset. Emile Gruppe says that titanium white swallows up color and that zinc is more transparent. My white is Gamblin's mix of titanium and zinc. I will pick up a small tube of zinc for the future.