07-23-2022, 09:13 AM
Thanks for the comments about my faux watercolor.
Quint, that's a superior watercolor that your mother created. I agree with the comments from Natalie, Rich, and Lorell. I'm especially impressed with the shadows: varying values plus colors ranging from a cool purple-gray to a slightly warm make them interesting; most artists would likely paint the shadows as a flat, boring middle gray. It all comes together as a masterful and pleasingly loose, spontaneous painting.
Also,, I'm impressed with the colors: I see something like cadmium red (or a similar more transparent hue) for the lightest red, then something like alizarin crimson for darker reds, and finally a warm blue (like ultramarine blue) for the darkest values on the beets.
As for my own watercolor painting, my last 5 or 6 attempts have been terrible, so I have little enthusiasm right now for another attempt.
Quint, that's a superior watercolor that your mother created. I agree with the comments from Natalie, Rich, and Lorell. I'm especially impressed with the shadows: varying values plus colors ranging from a cool purple-gray to a slightly warm make them interesting; most artists would likely paint the shadows as a flat, boring middle gray. It all comes together as a masterful and pleasingly loose, spontaneous painting.
Also,, I'm impressed with the colors: I see something like cadmium red (or a similar more transparent hue) for the lightest red, then something like alizarin crimson for darker reds, and finally a warm blue (like ultramarine blue) for the darkest values on the beets.
As for my own watercolor painting, my last 5 or 6 attempts have been terrible, so I have little enthusiasm right now for another attempt.
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
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