I normally don’t paint on Sundays but I felt the creative call, so here we are. I painted a large piece of a waterfall with an abstract quality but I will post that when I am finished with it. On this painting above I painted saturated wet on wet and I had no idea what I was aiming for, I ended up with a remembered intuitive of a landscape. My camera wasn’t able to pick up the rich blues in my painting and so you see more purple than blue but I got pretty close.
Painting saturated wet on wet is one of my all time favorite ways to paint a watercolor. It allows you a lengthy time to “sculpt” your painting, it brings out the intuitive in me.
I started this painting several days ago and I am undecided if it is finished or not, there is no rushing creativity. I started out in the saturated wet on wet method and the next day I gave more dimension to the shapes. I am after the essence and not superfluous detail. Perhaps I will stop explaining this as I think if you have been following me long enough, you would know that by now.
*A word about photos. The photos on my blog are mine, taken by me and copying them would be stealing from me. If you find a photo that you would like to copy or use, I request that you ask me for permission and I expect you to give me full credit for my own photo. Thank you so very much.
Yuba Gold 
Picture one is just a stunner!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you!
LikeLike
Very nice. In the second painting, I feel like I can follow that river deep into the painting. I really like that perspective.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you 🙂 now I need to go relax before the day flies away from me. I rarely paint on Sundays, I need my rest!
LikeLiked by 1 person
😀
LikeLike
i love the darks and lights and the contrast you get with the near rock on the right. The experimental one makes me think of ice breaking up on a lake. It too has a wonderful feel of depth.
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you Holly! I think that you are right…..ice breaking on a lake! 😉 I like that!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love the transition from dark to light in painting #1!! Wow
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you Louis!
LikeLike
So glad to see these beautiful paintings!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
love these. great depth. great ‘mood’ lovely sense of ‘being invited into the scene’ Well Done! I’m trying to catch up my post reading…been under the weather and sore. so just hadn’t felt well enough to do anything other than bare essentials.
I was NOT ignoring YOU!! LOL cheers, Debi
LikeLiked by 1 person
Awww…..sorry to hear 😦 darn. I need to be praying for you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m pretty well recovered, thanks, but thats why I was a bit on the “quiet” side. in case you wondered!! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love the way the colors spread on the first one. Excellent!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I do too and I love that quality of watercolor, pure magic!
LikeLiked by 1 person
That first painting is incredible, Margaret. I could spend hours scrolling through and commenting on your work; there are so many paintings here that look amazing to me, but this one is my favorite. This is the semi-abstract type of feel that I’d like to somehow arrive at in my work. This feels hopeful and fresh to me and I really like it. I hope you like it as well. I see lots of growth in your work, really something to see.
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you Laura…..I will be posting about my approach soon. I need to spend some time to gather my thoughts on it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh I’d love to hear more about it, but I’m never here tho, at least, not at this time, hope to be back at least sporadically in the future. Will you let me know when you do, so I can check in?
LikeLiked by 1 person
sure, will do….I’ll message you either in GRs or on IG
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ok thanks!!
LikeLiked by 1 person