Over the holiday I managed to paint this little watercolor swatch on the back of a piece of scrap paper. There is much saturated color in this picture which gives the image an overwhelming green quality.
Often I pre-stain my watercolor sheet in advance of painting. The watercolor sheet here, was stained with a diluted cobalt blue. I realized the greens would have a bit of blue in them, just as the sky and water in the foreground. The saturation of paint through several washes enabled me to develop richer depth in the foliage.
Over time conscious or not, I have gravitated to painting with more and more Holbein paints instead of using the Winsor Newton pigments I have used in the past. I am particularly fond of combining quinacridone gold and manganese blue for vibrant Summer foliage.
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