I have been doing some watercolors lately and this is one of my latest. It was done in a split complementary
color scheme using Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna and Blues. Not using green for the trees was at first odd but it's a good practice to limit your colors in this way.
I repainted this scene which was originally painted during an En Plein Air workshop with Calvin Liang in Sacramento in January of 2011. It was wonderful to be instructed by Calvin who is an amazing painter.
Point Lobos in Carmel has always been one of my favorite places to visit, hike and photograph. This was painted later in the studio. I like the way it came out.
My outings with " The Thursday Painters," a group of painters from San Luis Obispo County, have been wonderful. I am somewhat too lazy to deal with oil painting materials and find watercolors so much easier to manage. Here are some of them. Let me know what you think.
I didn't like my previous rendition of this scene in Point Lobos, so I reworked it. I like it more than the first.
If you have any opinions on the matter, I would love to hear them.
My name is Ellen Brandin. I was born in Europe and am currently living in Norther California with my husband. I refer to myself as a would-be-artist because I can't quite conceive of myself as a full blown artist, yet. Pursuing art has been my passion for the last few years and as I grow and improve, my passion increases. A blog will help me to stay focused and on track and take myself more seriously. Someday I will feel like a can refer to myself as an "artist." I would love to share my artistic journey with family, fiends and all the people who, I hope, will drop in and let me know how I am doing.