Greenpeace or a piece of green?

(C) 2018 Dale DiMauro

This watercolor was inspired by a recent paddling trip here in Vermont. The diversity of greens in the landscape were still emerging after the late Winter. 

For about the last year I have been using or at least mixing more browns than in the past. Often I use burnt sienna right out of the tube to give a field or landscape some variety. Also, I have been experimenting with raw or burnt umber in combination with ultramarine. This combination gives the artist a rich mud-like color which I find lends a calming quality to the landscape. This color adds an organic quality to the landscape which I find to be more natural in appearance.

Close to the shoreline on the right I used a razor blade to lift color. I do not know that it can be seen in this photograph but it gives the surface of the water the sensation of air bubbles and the vertical strokes imply grasses growing in the mud.