Gibbs Garden 9"x12" $80
My trips to Gibbs Garden over the last year have been for taking photos to paint from. I love going there with my friends! This trip was March 2014. It was a beautiful sunny day and the daffodils were at peak. Seeing the photo brought back the emotions of the day. I decided to do a pen and watercolor sketch to work out the basic shapes and colors.
reference photo and sketch.
I used my favorite pastel paper - Uart 500 grit sanded. I did a pencil drawing and decided to use the watercolor for the underpainting. I wanted the painting to be bright and airy.
One of my goals for this year is to get better at composing a good photo. I'm going to paint from my own photos only and when the weather warms up, I will head outside and start painting plein air.
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