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Window on the Pacific II (watercolor 12 x 17) available
I liked the first version of this painting so much that I’ve done it again. This version is watercolor only with no gouache. It’s also reversed right to left and cropped a little differently. I’m not sure which version I like best. The first version is here: https://dancingfeatherstudio.com/blog/2022/12/22/windowonthepacific/
Window on the Pacific (watercolor and gouache 13 x 17) available
Mommy and the Waves (5 x 7) SOLD
Before demonstrating watercolor at the fair, I asked various other painters for advice. The message I heard loud and clear was never try to start or put the finishing touches on a painting while talking to the public. That’s good advice and I took it. But I found spending five days painting the middles of paintings unsatisfying and vaguely unsettling. So I also painted some little postcard sized paintings from start to finish too. Yesterday’s postcard sized painting was one of those. Here’s another one.
I think I took the reference photos on Lincoln City Beach, but it could be anywhere. What matters about this image is sun and sparkle contrasting with cool water. Also, I just love the way both mommy and daughter appear just a hair afraid of the waves, but they are right at the edge anyway.
I used phthalo blue, burnt sienna, yellow ochre and added little quinacridone deep red rose for the figures. The “sparkle” is reserved white created by splattering the page with liquid mask. I didn’t have a toothbrush to splatter with so I used a stiff filbert brush.
