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Recently, I paddled my kayak with a small group from the Brattleboro Outing Club on Long Pond, which is in Royalston, Massachusetts. With all the rain we have had lately, the water level was high, enabling us to paddle into areas you usually cannot access. We paddled over beaver dams with little trouble, saw nesting birds, including Canada geese and red-winged blackbirds, as well as great herons. In this pristine location we heard and saw significant waterfalls.
This little watercolor, inspired by that trip, was done in one hour, and I think of it as a postcard painting. It was a glorious day, preceded by a period of gloomy weather. The shoreline is not developed at all, making this paddle quite spectacular. This view is of one of the many bends in the river you pass through before the pond opens up.
Often I find myself attempting to paint the colors I have recently seen in nature. I find the best greens are made from mixing blues and yellows, not from the tube. Coming up with that strong shadow color projecting on the water is a challenge, too. In this case, I used a combination of ultramarine, Payne's gray and Prussian blue.
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