Instead of trying to recreate the infinitely fine variations of water mist against the sky (also known as ‘clouds’), today’s watercolor is an abstract inspired by clouds. The cobalt blue I used today seems much more sky-like than the French ultramarine of yesterday’s experiment. Although the color isn’t exactly like the photo, my abstract gives the impression of […]
I’m always taking pictures of clouds. I would love to be able to create on the paper, what I see in the sky. There are plenty of books and tutorials on painting cloudscapes, but so far I haven’t seen one that explains how to paint a specific one. The cloud in the photo below is […]
I always find something interesting when I look at the sky. I’m not sure if the white cloudy-looking lines are clouds or contrails of jet planes. Whatever they are, they created a partition for the moon. I see a partially-completed tic-tac-toe board with the moon filling in the upper right square. I’m sure there are […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Over the past couple of days I have been trying to introduce some drama to my watercolors, (Sketching Problems, When You Fall Off a Horse, Values) inasmuch as one can dramatize the vista of a parking lot. Dramatic elements were present in the photographs, as clouds. How? The ever-so-gradual shift in tone from dark […]
For the past couple of days I have been trying to emulate paintings that contain atmospheric conditions such as clouds (Copy) and fire (Orange Sky, Fire- Final). The key to these pictures is, at least in part, formlessness. It makes sense. In drawing or painting clouds, one must somehow define its boundaries. This is difficult to […]
