Sunday, January 25, 2015

The Answer

1/25/15 Caran d'Ache Museum water-soluble colored pencil, watercolor, Canson XL 140 lb. paper

Sometimes people who live in other parts of the country ask how we can stand to live in a climate that is rainy, drizzly, cloudy or overcast for much of the year.

Today, Jan. 25, the temperature is 63 degrees, and the only clouds I see are as thin as a whisper.

Today, this is the answer.

Technical note: This sketch seemed to demand watercolor only, but I didn’t have quite enough confidence to paint Mt. Rainier’s shape without some kind of line first. A dark blue water-soluble pencil makes an ideal line – it just dissolves once the paint is applied.

5 comments:

  1. SIXTY-THREE? I haven't seen 63 since September. I think the question of why anyone would live where I do is harder :-) Nice watercolor, TIna.


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  2. SIXTY-THREE? I haven't seen 63 since September. I think the question of why anyone would live where I do is harder :-) Nice watercolor, TIna.


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  3. I like this a lot! Good thinking using the blue pencil before the watercolor. Some people sketch their entire scene that way.

    Our temps reached about 45 today but the weather report is saying a severe blizzard is heading this way by tomorrow night. Maybe I'll be painting snow out my windows like last year.

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  4. That mountain is truly awesome, and I like your painting of it.

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  5. Great job on the mountain, Tina! But ixnay on the imateclay! We don't want too many people rushing over here and crowding our habitat. :)

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