Original artwork description:

In the bushes at sunset
Amber, Smokey quartz and yellow sky,
Gorse, bracken and grasses,
Romantic embrace,
Spontaneous moment,
A special time.

Words and emotions in early spring.
Original impressionist watercolour on textured watercolour paper bockingford 300gsm 140lb.
I wet the paper all over to create the first washes using my Chinese hake brush. I apply cadmium yellow all over then mix in some vermillion and sweep across in expressive brushstrokes making sure I don’t loose my sun. I mix phthalo blue separate and add that in for the top of the sky.
The foreground was lots of pressing, dabbing and scraping out the paint with my nail. I love using my Chinese brushes and filbert for this effect and I used the paint thicker over wet on wet washes.

Materials used:

Textured cold pressed watercolour paper bockingford 300gsm 140lb, Chinese hake, filbert brush, Chinese brushes, Windsor and Newton watercolours,

Tags:

#sunset #sunset watercolour #relaxing art #expressive gestural #uplifting art #impressionist sunset #therapeutic art #naturescape #watercolour sunset #calming scene #earthy watercolour #earthy landscape #sunset original #heathland painting #sunsetscape