I enjoy painting with watercolor. The transparency allows for color mixing and blending unlike either oils or acrylics. I try to have a camera handy when we travel and keep a digital file of reference photos.
This watercolor is loosely based on a photograph of a bridge in the Blue Ridge mountains near Roaring Gap, NC. The aging stonework offered such an array of earthtones balanced against the trees and sky.
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