Charles Reid(1937-2019) was one of the most talented watercolor painters I have come upon. He was an artist, teacher and author of many books which I have mentioned in a previous post. This winter during some of the coldest days I have been reading up on Reid's approach to painting as I have accumulated several of his books found at local, used book stores.
Reid is well known for his figure painting done during workshops or in front of art groups with a model. Equally impressive to me are his landscapes and still life paintings which have a lot of color, yet are not overworked, which in itself is impressive.
One evening in my sketchbook I copied one of his compositions to study his technique and this is what I came up with. This watercolor sketch was done in less than ten minutes but was very rewarding. I like how all the shapes are pretty much linked together.
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