At that point, though, I decided enough was enough for one morning. I considered adding white gouache or even white acrylic gesso with my sponge. I do like parts of the background where I used a bit more water to soften the colors, so even though this painting didn’t work out for me, it’s given me a few ideas on where to go from here and how I might be better able to create snowy scenes in the future. My snowy branches don’t look like snowy branches. I grabbed a sponge, applied a bit of “sky blue” acrylic to the edge and “dabbed in” snowy branches. I liked the colors, but again, I couldn’t get quite the effects I wanted with the brush I was using. After a little frustration, I set the watercolors aside and reached for two Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paints - Sky Blue and Magenta. I had chosen a very specific color palette - a pale blue and a light pink. That’s how I began, but I wasn’t getting what I wanted from my watercolors. While I’ve learned to create snow and snowy effects with oils, it’s proved to be a much greater challenge with watercolor. That said, I don’t count this as one of my best winter landscape scenes. If you know of an online program that’s simple to use, please let me know. I haven’t yet found an easy way to “mat and frame” paintings with any free photo editors. It’s one that started out as a watercolor and then… well, it changed.Īs with other landscape watercolors I’ve done recently, I’ve left a white border around this, and it does make it look better. I’ve chosen “ Winter Landscapes” as a sort of theme for my watercolor painting time, so today I’m sharing another of my snowy scenes. ![]() So now, with those concerns removed from my mind, I can look out the window as snow falls and think about how truly lovely winter scenes really are. I don’t have to worry about him being out on the roads in the early mornings or wonder if he’ll be able to make it home safely at the end of the day. ![]() He doesn’t have to get up and drive nearly an hour into the city for work. This year my husband and I can both enjoy winter a bit more than usual because he’s now retired. On the bright side, however, the snow that’s fallen has been light, only a few inches, unlike some of the winter storms that leave us with as much as a foot or two of the white stuff. Even though winter is officially only a few weeks old, we’ve already had ice, sleet, and snow. Recently the temperatures have hovered around 10 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chills of -20. We live in the “Heart of America” - about forty miles from Kansas City - and winters here can be brutal. I certainly would never have thought that I’d ever celebrate winter, but here I am, doing exactly that this morning.
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