On a personal note, I just handed over the reins as President of Waterloo Watercolor Group in Austin after a 2 year run from 2017-2019. It was an honor, never a nuisance and got me out there to many more shows and galleries than I had been visiting. Great group, great experience.
Next week I will be teaching some interesting techniques using my original painting “ Deer Me...It’s Winter” to a group of artists , many are repeat students of mine, in Marble Falls at Galleries at Pecan Creek. My vision for this was created by using cool transparent colors in an under painting and using negative space to create the tapestry like background for my deer. The palette includes lemon yellow, quinacridone magenta and French ultramarine blue. Lots of masking helps this and a splatter of titanium white mists the background to push it back.
We will also use some calligraphic strokes to make the upper branches that are bare this time of year.
Here are my images used to create this scene. Some say this is an elk....but that would not work with my title, right? 😉
The images I used:


The transfer of my sketch and my first wash ( I am not really a photographer...)
This is my final result but theirs will all be different. I will share them. Don't tell anyone but I learn from all of their work!
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Deer Me....It's Winter! |
Also, look for my next work shop ( March 21 in Bastrop at Lost Pines Art Center) and a big announcement in my next blog and on my Facebook page, Carol Sue Witt Original Watercolors.
Happy painting! And happy Winter!
Carol Sue
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