 Ducks on Ice. I found this dopping of ducks loitering on the pond at Morris Arboretum two weeks ago. (Language geeks - check this.)
The shapes appealed to me and I thought it a perfect subject to try out a watercolor exercise I recently read about. The exercise is to simplify the tone into just 4 values using a mixture of burnt sienna and ultramarine blue. This exercise reminded me a lot of the process of making a reduction linocut print. Aren't these little guys so cute?!?
7 Comments
Julie Mann
2/17/2016 12:08:24 pm
Want, please!
Julia
2/17/2016 12:37:36 pm
You got it! I'll email you.
John Mendez
2/17/2016 12:27:54 pm
Great Job!
Julia
2/17/2016 12:39:24 pm
Thanks!
Gillian Bedford
2/18/2016 01:55:44 pm
I love it. It reads really nicely!
Julia
2/18/2016 05:26:21 pm
Thanks, Gillian!
Rob
2/24/2016 12:33:57 pm
This attractive attractive watercolor reminded me again of a French painters comment: "Summer is for the colorist; winter is for the designer". The black ducks on white,the tree trunk, the shadows, the sharp edge of water - what lovely a design, what fine composition. So pleading to look at. Leave a Reply. |
