Lago d‘Iseo

[tanjaf]

Hello, I hope I am not boring you to death, but this is what I see every day (for one more week) - how can I not paint this?

W&N watercolor incl some titanium white on wc paper (300g/m2), 9*12‘‘

C&c very welcome

Thank you for looking

Tanja

 

[Artyczar]

Nice! I love the colors in the foreground. The red roofs are a great contrast. Is the water more blue than that?

 

[Triduana]

Lovely inviting landscape, I really like how the church is framed by the mountains. I like the transition from cool to warm colours as well.

 

[E.J.H.]

Brings back memories; I visited this lake a couple of summer holidays with my parents and sister, back in the eighties.
Lovely painting, and enjoy your stay!

 

[tanjaf]

Thank you for your comments artyczar, triduana and ejh.
Yes, I was slso debating whether I should put a blue wash over the sea snd decided against it - I have ultramarine blue in my triad and I am a little afraid of it.

Since I have them I thought I share my WIP shots with you
Cheers
Tanja

 

[KreativeK]

All looks good. You could always use a light blue such as manganese blue or cerulean, to do a light toned blue shape such as this. Easy to lift off if you don't like the effects.

 

[Artyczar]

I'm a fan of the cerulean blue. Thanks for the progress images. I love those!

 

[tanjaf]

Thank you Kay and Artyczar, I have manganese blue with me (Winsor blue green shade I think it is called) and I will try a light wash). Kay, could you please explain to me what you mean by easy to lift off if I don‘ t like it? Won‘t I mess up the paint that is underneath?
Thank you for your inputs, they are very much appreciated

Cheers
Tanja

 

[Artyczar]

I find you sometimes can't fully lift off. Getting it very wet (almost to a scrub without ruining the paper) after applying the paint and then using a soft dry Kleenex will pull off much of the paint. That's how I do it. Kay might have a better technique though.