This started out as a colour exercise from a Jean Haines book but it didn’t turn out right. So I just tossed it to one side and started something else. A while later I went back to it and decided maybe I could do something with it…
So I carefully lifted out an area of colour. I added clean water with a clean brush to the area and carefully dabbed of the paint off with a screwed up clean paper towel. No scrubbing! I did this about three times till most of the colour had gone. Then I used my new “white” area to turn a failed exercise into a seascape sketch. I like my crashing wave. When I look at this I can imagine myself stood on the beach, with the wind and sea spray blowing in my face, listening to the sound of the crashing waves…
That’s very effective – captures a crashing wave perfectly! I have had felted ‘failures’ which often get reworked into something else at a later date! xx
Thank you Tanya – nothing gets wasted… !
I love this, it’s come out wonderfully!
Thank you Val… !
Nice work, Evelyn! A GREAT “rescue”. The effect is perfect!
Thank you Carolynn… and it’s all good practice too, at lifting out colour and seascapes… !
Good save, Evelyn! I can hear the waves crashing too and feel the water vapour on my face! Once, in desperation, I held a ruined watercolour painting under the tap to wash all the paint off – miraculously, the paper didn’t rip and I was able to paint over it. Watercolour is a very forgiving medium in that respect!
Thank you Zsuzsa! Yes, good quality watercolour paper is very forgiving and will stand a degree of washing and scrubbing, which is useful for the learner… !
Nicely done Evelyn, I can smell the salty water.
Thank you Sharon…
I’m standing on the beach with you.
Thank you Sandy…
Very nice, Evelyn! 💙
Thank you Patty Anne… !
This is really effective in evoking the sea. I absolutely would never have guessed that it evolved from a “failure”.
Thank you Laura – it’s amazing what you can do with a reject sometimes… !
I’m sure glad you came back to this, Evelyn.
It is wonderful!!
Thank you Lisa – I’m glad I came back to it too… !
I love it!!
Thank you Jodi – a sucessful rescue… !
I love it too Evelyn. Infact your blog inspired me to buy Jean’s book. I love to see your name come up in my in-box as I know I am in for a treat.
Thank you Jackie – I’m so pleased you look forward to my posts. I have 3 of Jean’s books now and hope to get her new one sometime soon. – I find her approach to watercolour painting hugely inspiring and her positive attitude is so infectious…
Ooh that’s gorgeous, a real crashing wave, Evelyn! Amazing what you can do to redeem a reject, isn’t it. Well done.
Shoshi
Thank you Shoshi – yes, it’s good practice for me to have a go at lifting out and correcting mistakes as I’m quite sure I’ll make a lot more on my watercolour journey… LOL!
It worked! 🙂
Thank you Lynn… !
Fantastic wave, nice save!
Thank you Sunnyfae… !
I can feel the cool sand between my toes… 😃🌊🐠