Showing posts with label Long Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Long Island. Show all posts
Friday, March 4, 2011
Along the River
This was painted along the Carmen River in Brookhaven. There is a nature trail there which I have never taken. The building reminded me of a Maine cottage. This is 3 x 5.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Along the Bay
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Along the Stream
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Snow Against the Fence
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Ooh La La
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Snowy Woods
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
View to the Lake
In addition to working on the portrait below on Sunday, I decided to head to the arboretum in Oakdale and do a plein air. It seemed warm enough to sit outside, so I took my painting chair and supplies and walked a bit. Next thing you know I have a hat and gloves on. By the time I finished this 3 x 5 painting my feet and hands were frozen. I think the dampness of the ground was the problem. Although I wasn't sitting with my feet in the snow, the ground was mighty cold.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Fallen Tree
Friday, February 4, 2011
Snowy Cutchogue View
Snowy Cutchogue View - Demo
Several people have asked me to do a demo of my watercolor and ink work. Since I've been doing a lot of "plein air" painting from my car, I tried to take photos yesterday of what I was doing. This isn't one of my best paintings, but I thought it would give you an idea of what I do.
I parked my car and moved the driver's seat back as far as I could to give me room to paint on my lap. Usually I put some kind of journal between the seats so I can balance my fieldkit there while I paint. This painting was done in a 5 x 8 moleskin watercolor journal.
Photo 1 - After sketching the scene in pencil I did some basic washes for the sky, the buildings, the bushes and the snow. I was using my trusty waterbrush at this point. (You can probably see that the journal is balanced on my lap.)
Photo 2 - I began adding adding ink around the buildings. I try not to completely outline the shapes with a continuous line. I use breaks in the lines, dots in some spots, scribbles and small dashes.
LOL It isn't easy to take photos in the confined space of the car.
I parked my car and moved the driver's seat back as far as I could to give me room to paint on my lap. Usually I put some kind of journal between the seats so I can balance my fieldkit there while I paint. This painting was done in a 5 x 8 moleskin watercolor journal.
Photo 1 - After sketching the scene in pencil I did some basic washes for the sky, the buildings, the bushes and the snow. I was using my trusty waterbrush at this point. (You can probably see that the journal is balanced on my lap.)
Photo 2 - I began adding adding ink around the buildings. I try not to completely outline the shapes with a continuous line. I use breaks in the lines, dots in some spots, scribbles and small dashes.
LOL It isn't easy to take photos in the confined space of the car.
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#2 02-04-2011, 10:49 AM - [add post to favorites] | ||||
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Re: Snowy Cutchogue View - Demo I usually use a micron pen for the lines...like the micron 05 in the first photo. I usually use sepia ink rather than black. It seems less stark to me. I continued using the pen on the buildings. If you touch a wet brush to the ink while it hasn't dried completely, it adds some nice color to the area when it bleeds. I did that with the red buildings. I added orange to the sunlit sides of the red building. I also deepened the color on the shaded side of the red and blue buildings, and added shadows on the snow areas of the bushes with cobalt blue. Joan T www.watercolorsbyjoan.blogspot.com |
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Re: Snowy Cutchogue View - Demo To do the tree trunks and branches I used a travel brush (#6). For water I usually just squeeze a few drops of water from the waterbrush into the corner of one of the field kit palette sections. For a small painting that is just about enough and I keep adding more water as needed. If I'm doing a larger painting I use a water container that I sit in the car's cup holder. Joan T www.watercolorsbyjoan.blogspot.com |
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Re: Snowy Cutchogue View - Demo With the travel brush I added more tree trunks and branches behind the buildings. Drybrush was used for some of the smaller branches and twigs. For this entire painting I only used a pencil, a waterbrush, the micron pen and the #6 travel brush. Joan T www.watercolorsbyjoan.blogspot.com |
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Re: Snowy Cutchogue View - Demo Ink lines wer added to the fence and more snow shadows from the buildings. Here are a few photos that show the details on either side of the page. The paints I used are in my W&N field kit. You can see that I have added a few other colors in the corners. Joan T www.watercolorsbyjoan.blogspot.com |
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Re: Snowy Cutchogue View - Demo Here is the finished painting. This photo was taken indoors so the lighting isn't as good as the other photos. I may add something in the foreground on the right yet. It looks a bit too empty right now. I'll live with it for a while before I decide. Hope you enjoyed seeing the steps! |
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