My watercolor trip to Italy continues with Lessons 7 and 8.
Lesson 7 is a scene in Toscana. I pretty much hated this one.
I couldn’t figure out how to lift off the color of the sky to make clouds. You’re supposed to use a dry brush. Ha! The trees and shrubs simply defeated me. And the field – too much wax on the first one, not enough on the second one, plus I struggled with all the different colors. The only part I was really pleased with was the lower roof shadow on attempt #1 and even that’s kind of scraggly looking.
So, onward!
Lesson 8 is a water scene, the Lago di Garda.
I love the artist’s interpretation of the photo – he added a lot more color and interest to the painting. 
I enjoyed working on this one so much that I did both of them in one day. The masking for the water didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped – apparently more finesse is required for this than I was capable of. Amazingly, though, I think all of these practice sessions are helping me to understand more about color mixing and how much paint and water to use.
I looked ahead to Lesson 9 and it’s one gigantic tree. My nemesis! And I won’t be able to watch my mentor Sarah Newbury do it first, either, since she only put Lessons 1-8 on YouTube. I’m on my own!
I’m half done with this watercolor instruction book, which means you are half done tagging along with me.
I’ll probably make a couple attempts to delete this in the morning.
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