Skating on the Retreat Meadows, in Brattleboro, VT, right after Christmas, was such a delight. At mid-day, in the sun, the Retreat Meadows became such a community center. All kinds of people came out to skate, play hockey, ice fish and walk across the ice, some even in sleighs. Also, at least for me, experiencing the landscape with such a different perspective was magical.
This outdoor winter experience inspired me to paint this watercolor. I had never painted ice before in watercolor. Is ice in watercolor transparent or opaque or both? What color would you actually paint the ice? These are questions that came to mind.
Wherever I went the ice was the foreground(not the greens of the ground) of the landscape with many ochres and umbers in the distance. Ultimately, the sky and foreground have blue in them but not the blues of bodies of water.
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