watercolor, 2019
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Just an old Buick left to its own devices on the prairie. I used a little thinned gesso to knock back some of the color intensity in the bottom corners. I like the look of the gesso rather than just lifting with a wet brush. There's also a considerable amount of dry-brush to get the lightest grasses.
watercolor, 2019
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On the Irish coast. There's a lot of dry brush on this one for everything from highlights to rock and sand shapes.
watercolor, 2018
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Milton's rusty old Chrysler hasn't run in 50 years.
There's a fair amount of dry-brush on this one. I also used some thin acrylic gesso to wash out corners.
watercolor, 2018
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Peterson has a big spread just outside of Edgefield.
watercolor, 2018
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Castle Roche is a 13th century castle in County Louth, Ireland.
Painting so many landscapes - especially of Ireland - has forced me to come to terms with my issues with green. I think I'm getting somewhere; at least, I'm seeing more natural greens. I'm especially happy with how the modeling worked out here showing the undulations of the ground.
The tree and some of the rocks are done with a technique often called dry-brush using paint almost directly from the tube with little or no water on the brush. This allows the normally transparent paint to be opaque so I can paint light over dark and build texture.
watercolor, 2015
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A lot of the grass and leaves are dry brush right out of the tube. I like that effect better than what you get from masking fluid.
