A rock pile on the beach. This is a watercolour sketch created as an interpretation of one of my own photos. I’ve been watching Hazel Soan’s DVD “On The Rocks”. It’s inspirational – she makes it look so easy. This is my first attempt at putting into practice some of the techniques she demonstrates on the DVD.
My rock pile was painted on Saunders Waterford High White paper, 140lb Cold Pressed & 100% cotton. It measures 19 cm x x29 cm. The bulk of the rocks were painted with only two colours – Monte Amiata Natural Sienna and French Ultramarine. I love how they granulate. Tiny amounts of other colours were used for the shadows.
I started with a very basic pencil sketch. This was lots of fun to paint and I’m inspired to try some more…
Lovely interpretation and the colours are beautiful – I love that the top pebble makes me wonder if it is about to fall!
Thank you Helen…
It’s always wonderful to see how just two colours can produce so many variants!
Thank you Kathy – those two colours mix wonderfully together to make whole range of soft blues and greys…
I do like it-reminds me of some I saw in Hawaii.
Thank you Sandy – I love all things related to the beach and the sea. It was funto paint…
Lovely piece, Evelyn. Beautiful colours. Nice work on the shadows.hoping to get back painting in earnest soon too. I am getting there but still lacking stamina!
Thank you Carolynn – Hazel Soan paints the shadows so effortlessly, I have to work hard at it! I’m quite pleased with my efforts here though…
Interesting and intriguing at the same time! Your colorization is suburb, shadows are spot on!
Thank you! I did work hard to try to capture the 3 dimensional quality of the rocks with the colouring and shading. I still have so much to I want to learn about watercolour…
This looks like a memorial. I like the colors, as always. (K)
The beach where I took the original photo is covered in rocks and pebbles of all shapes and sizes. People build these stone piles just for fun. And it was fun to paint – thank you Kerfe…!
Love the colours and the granulation x
So realistic. Soft yet with strong detail and form. Wonderful painting and love those two colors!
Thank you Maggie…