country scene

Lovely mist over the mountains. And the object of interest, the dark tree, catches the eye with the tonal contrast.

nice. loved the simplicity of the scene, the simple landscape and the gradation in the clouds. the depth comes thru beautifully

One of your best Alan, super watercolour.

This isn't your usual paper, is it? It looks very different from most of your work, to the extent that I didn't recognize it as one of yours at all.... a fine bit of work (not saying you're not usually producing fine bits of work, he said hastily....).

Robert, its Saunders 140lbs ,, actually this was an exercise for me ,, the sky and the mountains are both the same color cobalt. I started the far greens in the distance with winsor yellow deep and a little cobalt,,,, and as I came forward in the scene I added ultramarine and winsor yellow,,,then in the near foreground I used winsor yellow and paynes grey. the greens are darkening as they come towards me in the foreground .then I added a few of the dark greens with a touch of umber to the tree and the bushes , in the actual painting it is much lighter .i am to lazy to get out my best camera .I use an old one thats lying about ont table,

It seems softer than your usual paintings - thanks for the step-by-step above! A combination of the paper and the Cobalt Blue, I expect. Beautiful painting.

Serene. Thank you for the tutorial. I am aiming to do a watercolour soon, again.

Great sky/mountain area Alan, lots of depth, especially using the warmer green in the foreground. I like that patch of warmth were the figures are. I've noticed the flat top tree's too!

Great sketch - you must do a tutorial on trees as I struggle a lot with them and I know others would greatly appreciate this.

thanks everyone ,Joseph,, ,maybe a run through on You tube ?....

Hello Alan, I was surprised to read that it's Saunders paper, which I thought tended to be quite creamy, but this painting is so clear and fresh. I'm wondering how you created that misty effect - did you paint the mountains when the paper was semi-dry so you got a crisp line yet also a bit of blending still going on on the damper areas? Hmmm.

Caroline ,,I did just like you say../your spot on. .I am looking at the computer now with dark glasses .I have dark lenses for the computer.so it looks dark to me hee hee .this paper has another scene under it cant you tell....I have an old box at side of my chair with bockingford 140lbs in front row , bockingford 250lbs in the second row //.//then saunders 140lbs in third row./then saunders 200lbs int ./fourth .then my arches140 int fifth row , and finally my special favourit MILFORD140LBS in the last row ....phew /////// each one buckles but the milford least of them ,, now go on call me mad ...because you are right I am,

A lovely piece Alan. Like the reader above, I particularly like the visual reference of the stark tree and what appears to be a morning mist coming off the mountains. Very beautiful.