Tuesday, July 7, 2015

PAINTING THE RUNOFF

 ALONG THE UNCOMPAHGRE, 6/24/15

"When the stream of water is running, there is no regular rhythm but the stream is doing the 
  same thing all the time."   Arthur Dove 
 
 A SPOT ALONG THE SAN MIGUEL RIVER, 6/17/15


 EARLY SPRING, 4/14/15

CASCADE FALLS, OURAY,  6/30/15

The best way I know to paint moving water is not to paint, but to start by sitting and watching what the water is doing, for 15-30 minutes.  What I mean by what it is doing is to see what shapes the water makes when it splashes OVER a rock as opposed to going AROUND a rock. Love Dove mentions, those shapes keep repeating as the water follow it's course.
You can see these original watercolors at the Oh Be Joyful Gallery in Telluride. www.ohbejoyfulgallery.com

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