final update on a watercolour of the shale band in the cedarberg

Posted by Stephen Quirke on July 27, 2009 under Art, Cedarberg, landscape, painting, watercolor, watercolour | 14 Comments to Read

Here is the final version – I was keen to put in the  texture of the foreground and link the crest of the rise to the distant moutains – anything more I fear will be fiddling.

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click to see the big view – I am not sure if this is such a good idea – it may be too large for download time – please let me know.  Thanks hey

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  • lesliepaints said,

    Wow! Good job, Stephen. Is this how you saw it? Are you happy with it? That’s really what matters in the long run. You worked really hard on this. You put the best of all your attempts together in this one and it shows!

  • severnyproductions said,

    it takes about 3o seconds, but hey its worth the wait

  • napabelle said,

    This is amazing ! Perfect! And it did not take any time to download for me.

  • swatch said,

    Ah – great – cool man – thanks hey

  • swatch said,

    Hi Isabelle – thanks hey – it is nice to put in a bigger size now and again I think. Have you been in the mountains again lately? I thought of your walk when I was up there – all those snowy peaks are enticing

  • swatch said,

    Hi – thanks Leslie – I woke up in the night thinking about how I would like to show the texture of the grasses and restios in the foreground slope and how I wanted these to connect with the green slope going into the valley (there really is one) And I wanted to connect the ridges at the top of the picture to the snowy peaks. So when I got home last night that is all I wanted to do.
    Yes I am well pleased with this. Time to move on to the next painting – I am inspired by the painting in Keith Hornblower’s header and have just been reading about making lights and darks glow by using complements – in Jeanne Dobie’s “Making color sing”. I love her approach to watercolour – even though she can’t spell colour (o: – Just kidding Jeanne.

  • Carol King said,

    I like that you added the grasses in the foreground. Ties everything together.

  • swatch said,

    Ja I also think it looks better – thanks hey – I am ready to move on now

  • napabelle said,

    Yes, I was gone for 3 days, just got back. Still so many wildflowers, but no more snow. I went to scout some hikes I will be leading in a couple weeks…

  • swatch said,

    Hey cool – that sounds like a lot of fun – our wildflowers are also out

  • butterflyhands said,

    This is really good, Stephen.

  • swatch said,

    Hey Cecily – thanks -

  • lookingforbeauty said,

    Wow! you’ve been prolific lately. Good on you!
    I must try your method of putting several colours in a single wash. It’s very effective. The mountains are a beautiful eye-catcher.
    K

  • swatch said,

    Thanks K – I am keen to see how you do with this. I am hoping you will be doing more watercolours anyway.

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