Abstract landscape

(C) 2019 Dale DiMauro

This abstract landscape is the result of playing around on my practice sheet. A forested mountain began to emerge so it seemed fitting to have a body of water at the foot of it. It even has some reflective qualities. 

This could be Wantastiquet Mountain on the other side of the Connecticut River in New Hampshire. Or it could be a meditative garden in the Japanese landscape tradition.

I have learned through drawing and observation that the foot of a body of mass is darker and therefore adds more substance or believability to a picture. In that regard, for sometime I drop in pigment as areas begin to dry. The dark green was dropped in to give the base of the mountain some added substance. It adds an element of scale to the overall setting, too.

I have learned to appreciate the atmospheric qualities watercolor can provide. Other forms of media (ie. oil, pastel etc.) do not lend themselves to suggestion as well as watercolor in my experience. What is not seen is as important as what it visible.