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| Crystal Lake reflects the Red Mountains |
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| After making a rough sketch, I started painting the sky by using the wet in wet technique. I used cobalt blue and some June bug blue, after letting it run and dry just a little, I dabbed kleenex to pick up paint where I wanted clouds. |
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| After the sky was dry I washed in some orange at the top of the mountains |
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| Then I got so absorbed in painting that I forgot to take any more photos :-) But, you can probably see that I washed in blues and greens as I came down the mountains. I decided that I did not want a lot of water, so I cut the painting off at the bottom. I added the tree detail with a square stiff brush and various shades of green and blue |
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| Matted painting. Now I need a title |
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| This is "Sweet Violet" I made her for my great niece, Emma, who turned 2 in August |
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| I found the pattern on the internet, and she was quite easy to put together. Do you remember the song: "Sweet Violet, Sweeter than the roses, covered all over from head to toe, Covered all over with Sweet Violets…" |
