What is better then spending time at the beach? Spending time with other watercolorists at the beach! Eight of us shared a house at Murrells Inlet SC for the retreat. Leigh Ellis, a local watercolor artist and teacher, lead daily classes working with us on color mixing, painting birds and water.
I brought my Plein air watercolor prochade box, equipped with the paints I needed for class (and a lot more):
- Cobalt Blue
- Phthalo blue
- Burnt Sienna or quinacridone burnt orange
- Aureolin Yellow
- Quinacridone Rose or permanent rose
- Paynes Gray
- Qunacridone Gold
For our first exercise we worked on trees along a grassy bank and reflections on the water. I painted the trees and grass first. Then wet the lower half of the page and working very wet added reflections.
It took several passes to develop the shadows on the trees, grass and the reflection in the water.
While we worked from photos, we were inspired by the marsh outside and trips to Brook Green Gardens. I had last been there many years ago. It was wonderful to see how it had grown and all the new sculptures they now have.
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