Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Snowy Branches

I've wanted to paint this ever since I took the photo last year.  I loved the way the snow looked on these branches.  I don't usually like masking fluid, but branches with snow on them is impossible to do in watercolor any other way.  I did the background wet-in wet, darkening it a few times to make the snow really pop.  I have a lot more photos that I took that day, references for more paintings?

5 comments:

Joan Tavolott said...

I knew you must have used masking fluid. Good job getting them to pop with the washes behind them. You should do a few more.

http://carolking.wordpress.com said...

the snowy branches came out great. This is a lovely painting.

Jo Castillo said...

Very beautiful. Yes, more!

laura said...

I usually don't like masking fluid either, but it worked perfectly her--what a lovely scene!

Michelle Himes said...

Thanks, Joan,Carol, Jo, and Laura. I'm working on another one.