Landscape Watercolour of Chipping Sodbury, 15" x 11".
A winter scene of a small footbridge over the River Frome in the town of Chipping Sodbury. After the initial washes went down (the darker ones) there was a fair bit of scraping out with a small penknife to give the lighter branches. You have to judge the time to do this just right - scrape too soon while the paint is too moist and you just might damage the paper surface (which I've done many times, bing too impatient). Best time is when the paper is just damp. Also another challenge with the picture was the wooden fence with part of it painted negatively with the sunlight catching it, the the rest being easier and darker than the background.
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