Friday, September 23, 2011

Dreamy Sky at Old Bridge - plein air watercolor by Gretchen Kelly

12"x16" watercolor, gouache + graphite on Stonehenge paper

 I did this painting in the Adirondacks in August. I needed to do a finishing touch in the foreground and
I finally got around to it. I sometimes, let my paintings hang around so that
I can look at them throughout the day as I walk by them.
I do this when I am not sure exactly what I need to do to finalize a piece.
It was the case for this one.
I was loving the reflections and the colors but something was missing.
....hmmmm, I am not even sure that I did the right thing by adding in the foliage in the fore
but it was true to what the actual view was.
See photo below.




2 comments:

Takeyce Walter said...

This is excellent, Gretchen!

Gretchen Kelly said...

Thanks Takeyce!