This is a recent painting I did of the Bighorn River just as it approaches Crescent Falls. I often go here to take photographs, and the timing was perfect. The sun was just setting in the north. The aspen trees had already turned yellow, and winter was not far off. I am striving to improve my watercolour painting skills, and finally I have a fairly decent painting, after having trashed at least 4 or 5 in a row. It definitely takes time to master the skills required to do watercolour. I hope to improve that as I take a watercolour course with the U of A as part of my Visual Arts program, starting this week. I used a tertiary colour scheme, employing orange, green and violet. The picture plain consists of three layers, the foreground which includes the boulders, the river in the middle distance and the trees and sky in the distance. Most artists use this technique to create a sense of distance in the painting. I don't think that the actual colour translate very well to this upload, but it's close. I think if you look elsewhere on this blog you might find the original photograph.
