Since late fall 2024 I have been experimenting with color lifting on some of my watercolor paintings. This is an exciting development I find when lifting color in a small targeted area. It may be the suggestion of smoke in the distant hills or the white trunk of a birch tree.
This technique interrupts dark massing in areas with some contrast or introduces atmospheric affects to the overall picture.
This Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper has a reputation for being good for color lifting. So I purchased a block of this paper to see what I can do with this technique. This is one of my first paintings on this surface so I am learning as I go.
This is a watercolor of a local agricultural field off the West River Trail, in Brattleboro, Vt.
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