Mystic Mountain

[ColorEnthusiast]

Watercolor on Arches CP paper (30x40 cm)

This is the Untersberg a massif at the border between Bavaria and Austria and part of the Northern Limestone Alps. It is also the subject of numerous myths and legends, which are mostly connected to the huge cave system below the mountain. So it is stated that there is the entrance to a dwarf kingdom and there are still people believing in time anomalies happening there.

 

[Schuee]

A beautiful mountain scene - and what lovely mountains you’ve painted. Very well done.

 

[snoball]

Lovely! That mountain is fantastic!

 

[Enyaw]

Very well done. Amazing view. You have captured the vastness.

 

[P. Barrie]

Beautiful work on the mountains and sky. Really great scene.

 

[laika]

Nice work! The atmospherics are wonderful! And thanks for the local lore pertaining to the area.

 

[Donna T]

This Is so beautiful, Esther! The feeling of enormity and great distance comes across so well. I’m glad the myths and legends exist and hope the dwarf kingdom remains protected!

 

[OleKobe]

Beautiful hazy light effect on the mountain.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Beautiful, love the mountain.

 

[ColorEnthusiast]

Thank you for your kind comments Penny, Margaret, Wayne, Patrick, Lamar, Donna, OleKobe and Jo.

Donna, the speleologists started to explore the cave system intensely in the last years.
Wikipedia: "The Riesending cave (German for "huge thing") is a pit cave in Untersberg, Bavaria. At 19,300m it is the longest and 1,148m the deepest in Germany.[1] Riesending was discovered in 1996 by Hermann Sommer and Ulrich Meyer."
Until now they haven't found any dwarfs.

 

[laika]

Until now they haven't found any dwarfs.

Homo sapiens probably have a bad reputation; the dwarves are hiding from us!

 

[Terri]

What a beautiful watercolor this is! The scene is gorgeous and I really get a feeling of the vastness of the area. I love the story behind these mountains. The whole thing is enchanting. I feel like I could swoop in and fly over the hills!

 

[Artyczar]

Beautiful! Is CP colored pencil paper? Just checking. I didn't know there was special paper.

 

[john]

Beautiful! Is CP colored pencil paper? Just checking. I didn't know there was special paper.

It is beautiful. CP means cold press. So it has medium texture between hot and rough press. You know this and just forgot, as we all do from time to time.

 

[ColorEnthusiast]

Thank you for your comments Terri, Arty and John.

And thank you John for answering Artys question.
To be precise I used cold pressed fine grain paper, that means a little bit textured. That is my workhorse paper, good for almost everything.
Hot pressed paper is very smooth, no texture.

 

[Artyczar]

Why not just write out "cold press?" Abbreviations are not something the forum owners are fond of. https://creativespark.art/pages/about/ And yes, I must have forgotten, but I really couldn't have guessed it, as I thought about it for a while!

 

[ColorEnthusiast]

I will do next time.

 

[Hawkmoth]

Lovely work Esther, I like the change of colours from foreground to background.

 

[ColorEnthusiast]

Thank you Claudia

 

[KreativeK]

Beautiful and with a history! It is a great piece, Esther!