After all the painstaking efforts on the Paul Klee yesterday, I thought I was taking on something lighter. Turned out to be a little more complex than I thought LOL.
Meet Scrumpy. She is our Mirror Dinghy and this is an attempt this morning at painting a photo I took of Hubby and The Young Fella sailing her at a lake north of London last Summer. Watercolour as always. Still have not branched out into anything else!
@casablanca I like this so much! I just love those sails (how is the cloth called?) how you rendered the front and back of the sail. And the water is beautifully captured.
As for the greenery, it seems to me to be some steep hills covered in trees. If it's not, it doesn't matter, anyhow.
I can also see that you no longer painted the trees individually, although there are some trees distinguishable in the front, and that is good. I really really enjoy this.
I can hardly believe that you are almost at the half point... well done!
As for branching out to other materials... you may stick to watercolour to get really comfortable to them. Or you may try something else for the fun of it. You never know what turns out to be of interest to you. (geee... this is really helpful...)
@monikozi They are polyester sails but traditionally would have been canvas. I am glad you liked the trees. I did a day following that tutorial you suggested. He was very good. The trees are on a bit of a slope but also very very close together on the shore there of the lake on an island. I will let you know if I ever move to a new type of paint!
As for the greenery, it seems to me to be some steep hills covered in trees. If it's not, it doesn't matter, anyhow.
I can also see that you no longer painted the trees individually, although there are some trees distinguishable in the front, and that is good. I really really enjoy this.
I can hardly believe that you are almost at the half point... well done!
As for branching out to other materials... you may stick to watercolour to get really comfortable to them. Or you may try something else for the fun of it. You never know what turns out to be of interest to you. (geee... this is really helpful...)