Student work from Monday night, October 2

On Monday night, everyone began working on the autumn reflections images.  All chose to do the lesson I created for "Dark Water" (see below), which I just finished on Monday afternoon. I will post their finished paintings next week.

Here are a couple from last week's Mt. Desert Island class

This one is by Elizabeth. The colors of the sky and water are perfect, and the details of the dead tree are wonderful. 

This one is by Sandy ...  the lighting on those foreground rocks is great, and she did a fabulous job on the sun.  

Below is my final version of "Dark Water", which I did at 22" x 9".  

The ones we did in class were the usual 12" x 9" size.

There were a lot of useful techniques in this class, including: 

• the use of a clear gel pen to mask the tiny white branches, 
• using a torn paper mask to define the edge of the foliage, which was then painted with a sponge
• using gum arabic in the reflection to extend drying time and using a fan brush to blur the image
• using M. Graham Titanium White watercolor to paint the reflections of the trees