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This watercolor began to take shape this morning. It is inspired by the warm, extended length of day we have been experiencing lately.
For some time now I have been toning my paper or parts of it before digging in. The bottom of the sheet was painted yellow to exaggerate the blue shadows. There is a lot of manganese blue in this picture, which gives the shadows on the snow an electric energy.
Recently, there have been many opportunities to paint trees. Along the way I have been concentrating on painting more fluid branching.
When the watercolor sheet begins to buckle I have resorted to wetting the back side of the paper under the faucet at the kitchen sink. This seems to be a true and tested approach to leveling out the paper regardless of the weight of the sheet.
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