Finally got out the watercolors again after way too long of a break. My Artist Way friends were wanting some directions with watercolor and I thought some sunsets would be a good jumping off exercise. Loosely based on my Sunset along the River painting, it was not anything planned out, just some spontaneous painting. We experimented with blending colors wet on wet, lifting color to create clouds, as well as creating silohettes: mountains, trees, birds.
This one was based on a photo from a thank you card. It was suppose to be a lighthouse, and even though it didn't turn out quite as I had wanted, I liked the colors I was able to create in the sky. The Artist Way is about removing the creative 'blocks' we impose upon ourselves and to just let the creative spirit flow through us. Sometimes just playing around without the pressure of creating some masterpiece is just what we need to inspire us.
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