Great Head Postcard

(C) 2018 Dale DiMauro

This watercolor is a little memoir of my summer vacation in Maine. As mentioned in a prior post, my wife and I like to hike Great Head, in Acadia National Park, which is in Bar Harbor, Maine, when the sun is beginning to set. It is east-facing which in the heat of the day can be sweat-inducing. However, when the sun starts to go down, the light can become magical with a glow on the rocks and meadow areas.

This watercolor was painted on a damaged corner of Arches watercolor paper. I saw it as an opportunity to try out my Holbein paint palette which has vivid pigments. I like how the pigments run into each other.

I am cheap. I try not to waste any paper. If a watercolor becomes a dud, I either divide it up into smaller pieces to use as a test sheet or turn the sheet over and use the back.