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Watercolor on Arches cold-pressed paper 140 lbs, 11" x 15", January 2020.

~ Reference courtesy JustinDeRosa fav.me/ddm87av Used with his kind permission ~

I fell in love with this photo as soon as I saw it - the play of colors, the contrast of warm and cool, smooth and sharp, and of course, the magical way the warm sunlight reflected off the ice. I thought it could make for a beautiful and challenging painting. JustinDeRosa was kind enough to let me use his photo as a reference, and I'm very grateful!

This was definitely different than what I often tend to paint, and offered a chance to step outside my comfort zone a little bit - I used only Cobalt for this, instead of my go-to blue Ultramarine, and it really is a beautiful pigment I'd love to explore more in the future. I actually had fun painting this, and am pretty pleased with the result. Not bad for my first painting of 2020!

Description
Watercolor on Arches cold-pressed paper 140 lbs, 11" x 15", January 2020.

~ Reference courtesy JustinDeRosa fav.me/ddm87av Used with his kind permission ~

I fell in love with this photo as soon as I saw it - the play of colors, the contrast of warm and cool, smooth and sharp, and of course, the magical way the warm sunlight reflected off the ice. I thought it could make for a beautiful and challenging painting. JustinDeRosa was kind enough to let me use his photo as a reference, and I'm very grateful!

This was definitely different than what I often tend to paint, and offered a chance to step outside my comfort zone a little bit - I used only Cobalt for this, instead of my go-to blue Ultramarine, and it really is a beautiful pigment I'd love to explore more in the future. I actually had fun painting this, and am pretty pleased with the result. Not bad for my first painting of 2020!