Landscape study

(C) 2016 Dale DiMauro

This little watercolor was essentially a doodle when the bleeding of the pigments captured my imagination. I am not sure why though. I have been experimenting with two new pigments, cobalt turquoise and permanent magenta. The permanent magenta when mixed with blues create a lovely sky rich with atmospheric affects. The jury is still out on how best to use cobalt turquoise but I have been combining it with ultramarine or payne's gray and arriving at interesting darks.

Between the fluid washes of pigments and the texture of the Arches watercolor paper I really like this landscape. The curly white streaks over the image are when I was testing out white gouache, an opaque paint, for the rigging of the sailboat in my last post.

In hindsight, with the shortness of natural light, at this time of year, I recall wanting to suggest the late afternoon presence of the distant hills in one wash.