@daring-celt 30 March 2022

Park in Pulkovo (watercolor painting) Hi friends! Sometimes photos of my friends inspire me.

Once I saw my friend from Golos have an amazing photo that she took while walking in the city park https://images.golos.today/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://i.imgur.com/3mvRkDb.jpg These are the materials that I used for this drawing - a set of watercolors, a synthetic brush and masking fluid from Sennelier For this drawing, I decided to use Canson cotton watercolor paper.

I apply masking fluid to areas of churches - I want them to shine white against an overcast sky. Then, when the liquid is dry, I wet the sheet of paper on both sides. On next step I mix ultramarine and ocher, this combination of colors gives a pleasant gray-blue color, similar to the color of rain clouds.

To paint the water I mix cobalt and ocher and some dark green. Immediately, before the paper is dry, I draw reflections of buildings and trees in the water.

To draw the right bank, I take grass green, red ocher and cadmium orange. I also add cadmium yellow and dark green to the trees. I add birds to the water with burnt sienna

To paint the left bank, I mix grass green and some cadmium red to create a mild swampy shade. I paint the forest in the background with the same colors that I took for the trees, but more transparent

When the paints are completely dry, I erase the masking fluid and paint the domes and roofs, windows and shadows on the churches. I also add a bridge between the shores and birds in the sky with a mix of ultramarine and burnt umber Here is such a picture with a melancholy mood turned out. I liked drawing on cotton paper. The colors are rich and vibrant! It so pleasant to draw!

Autumn and spring are similar in many ways - a kind of state of uncertainty, or transition. These are the seasons of dramatic change. And may all these changes be for the better! With Love...