Looking back through my recent posts, I notice that nearly all of my paintings have shown subjects from distant places. This one was painted in my yard. I sat on my porch one fine day last Spring and painted this small plein air watercolor. I tried something I had never done before in this painting - using liquid frisket outdoors. We watercolor painters are generally advised to not use liquid frisket outdoors, because exposure to sunlight might make it harder to remove the frisket later on. However, since I was under the cover of my porch, I decided that my painting would not receive any direct sunlight, and so I took the chance. It would have been most difficult to paint those around all those small light branches and leaf clusters without the aid of the frisket. This allowed me to paint my wet-in-wet background and the dark tree trunks directly - and I was able to remove it later with no difficulty. This Spring, when sitting on my porch, I look at this particular tree and I smile ... there's my painting. It is good to know that we can make art so close to home. There are subjects for our art right in our own backyards!
Backyard Beauty
watercolor on cold pressed paper, 17x13 framed
$300.00
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