Saturday, September 29, 2012

Autumn on the River



This is one of those paintings that practically painted itself.  I started out splashing the paper with small dots of masking fluid.  Then accidentally I smeared the dots and they became lines.  Not knowing what was going to happen I let the masking fluid dry figuring something would speak to me.  Many times I've heard "Watercolor, let the medium do it.  Well, not having a choice in this case,  I wet the paper and put down complementary colors letting them flow together a bit.  When dry it seemed as if I had autumn leaves.  I added the tree trunks, saw the possibility of creating a river so added blue water.  Voila.....a finished original!

Size 6 x 8 inches
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