(C) 2026 Dale DiMauro
Some days it is good to just get in a watercolor sketch. For whatever reason, putting pigment to paper in a rapid fashion is very satisfying. This let's the texture of the paper reveal itself intead of fighting it. It is sort of a 'letting go' experience.
This was painted in the early evening from one of my favorite 'stone' benches in downtown Brattleboro, VT. I could hear but not see distant motor boats on the Connecticut River below.
I lifted pigment from the paper suggesting distant tree trunks across the river. At the time with the spring colors and shadows so lively, the values projecting from the landscape were so clear to interpret.
At this time of year, painting in the early evening is a good time to get outside. The high temperataures, humidity and sweat of the day has often settled.
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