Monday, March 08, 2010

Monochromatic Snow Scene


















I painted this snow scene with just Paynes gray for a project on one of my watercolor forums. It's from a photo I took a week and a half ago when we had almost 2 feet of snow.

6 comments:

Ai said...

Wow Michelle, you accomplished so much with one color. Awesome.

Joan said...

Mickey - This came out great!!! The paynes grey was perfect for all that snow!!! I like it a lot!!

Michelle Himes said...

Thanks, Ai. There wasn't much color in real life that day, just white snow and dark trees. So it was easy to paint it that way.

Thanks, Joan. That's about all I use paynes gray for - monochromatic studies. But it worked out perfect for the snow scene.

laura said...

Oh my, this is hauntingly beautiful--I absolutely love it!! I don't think I would know how to begin to paint an all-snow scene!

Michelle Himes said...

Thank you, Laura. I wasn't sure I knew how to do it either, but I had an idea in mind and I went with it, and I guess it worked.

Dawn said...

This is an excellent exercise to try, thanks for inspiration!