Landscape Painting

(C) 2019 Dale DiMauro

Summer is a great time to paint watercolors. You don't have to go far for inspiration. Also, the days are long which gives you the opportunity to notice the changing light and capture it one way or another. I try to capture it with my camera. Or with pencil and brush. It makes you see things differently.

These are watercolors I have done in the last year. It is very satisfying to lay several out in a group not unlike a collage. It is also rewarding to try different types of watercolor paper and different sized formats. These paintings were done on Arches, Saunders and Fabriano watercolor paper.

Creating depth in a picture through foliage can be challenging yet rewarding if you come upon the right color combinations. This Summer season I have been eager to see what I can do with Hansa yellow. It is such a clean, transparent color. I like the range of greens it provides when mixed with various blues.