Smokies in the Fall
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Landscapes
About the Painting:
Name: Smokies in the Fall
Medium: Artist Watercolors on Arches 140# paper
Size: 5×7″
I went through the Smokies in the Fall on the way to a week long art workshop. I stopped at one of the overlooks and took some photos. This is a painting from one of those photos. The Fall colors were breathtaking.
My process: The complete painting was painted from the rear and coming forwards. I started with a sky wash, then distant mountains, then closer mountains, etc. The trees and foreground grasses were placed last. Colors used were Quin. Burnt Scarlet, New Gamboge, Thalo Blue, Cobalt Blue, Cad. Red, Raw Sienna, and Burnt Umber.
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Winter in the Park
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Landscapes
About the Painting:
Name: Winter in the Park
Medium: Watercolor on 140# Arches cold press paper
Size: 5×7″
My Process: This is from a photograph I took after a snowfall this winter. After a quick sketch, I put in a strong yellow (New Gamboge) glaze for the sky and water, let dry. Came back in the sky with a Permanent Rose glaze, let that dry. Then finally a glaze with Cobalt Blue and Thalo Blue and let that dry. I rewet, with clear water, a 2-3 inch span on the horizon line, dropping in those darker colors as distant trees using Ultramarine Blue, Perm Rose and Quin. Burnt Scarlet. Once dry, I dry brushed the trees on the back hillside. Then made a rich dark from Thalo Blue, Aliz. Crimson and Burnt Scarlet and painted the trees up front. I painted the snowbanks with a light mixture of Thalo Blue and Cobalt in the back and used richer color in the front. A few dry brushed twigs and leaves in the trees and it was finished.
SOLD! Collection: P.K., Roanoke Rapids, NC
Helen Windmill
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Buildings, Landscapes
About the Painting:
Name: Helen Windmill -Mini Painting
Medium: Watercolor on 140# Arches
Size: 5×7′
I have visited Helen, GA a few of times. It is a wonderful Alpine village-style art and craft community in the northern Georgia mountains. This windmill sits nestled on the mountainside. It is actually a motel in Helen (Heidi Motel). It looks as if it has been there for years. If anyone knows about this motel, I’d love to learn more about it.
My Painting Process: When I designed the painting, I removed a lot of what was visible in the photograph. I wanted the windmill to be the focus, so eliminated most of the surrounding structures. Other than that, it is pretty much how it sits in the mountains. It was fall when I last visited and took this photo. I wanted to capture some of the fall folliage in the painting because I thought they would go with the colors in the windmill.
I started with the background and wet the paper with clear water from the sloping hillside up. I dropped in greens, blues, yellows and oranges for the trees; cerulean blue, cobalt blue and touches of alizarin crimson for the clouds and sky. Once that was dry, I painted the folliage colors between the windmill slats, added the roof tops and painted those colors in the windmill slats where appropriate. I didn’t paint all of the slats equally or solidly, not wanting a “pasted on” look. I added the shadows in the windows and under the eaves, using the same blue-purple mixes I used in the sky. I loosely painted, dabbed, and splattered the rocky slope in the foreground. Once I was satisfied generally with the way things looked, I put in the darker evergreens around the windmill to make it pop, finishing off the painting with the blue-purple shadows under the brush.
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