Sheep and English Hills
Trying to get back into painting these past few weeks, before my husband and I head to Glacier National Park in August. I would like to take my paints with me, watercolor seems an easier choice than oils or acrylics. I will save them for studio work when I get back with all my source photos! So, I started back with this watercolor teacher from England, (yes, internet is great for this kind of thing) and the lesson I left off of , was painting sheep and rock walls. Now, down here in the south, we don't have sheep. Cows yes, but sheep and rock walls no, but again, the internet and all the pictures we have access too... I found some great pictures that I hope to turn into landscape abstracts one day and one of all these rolling hills and beautiful colors. It looked easy, but I could never quite get the looseness I wanted. I gave it a try though, and I think I got better? To the left was my third try, below are my first two attempts. One example of some wonderful watercolor pai