
Bench with a Hudson View
7×5″, Watercolor on Fabriano Artistico 140lb hot press
Available as is, or double matted to 10×8″ with acid free backing board to fit any standard 8×10″ frame.
Email me at JamieWG@aol.com if interested in this painting.
I’ve always admired watercolors and love using them to sketch, but it seems I never set time aside for them. I’m going to start “Watercolor Wednesdays” here on my blog as a means of reserving time to work on my watercolors.
This is a scene from a little park near the train station in Cold Spring, New York. I used a photo reference and a 5×7″ Fabriano watercolor block of their delicious hot press, rag paper. I began with a modified contour drawing alla Charles Reid:

I just received his new book Watercolor Solutions, and the DVD that goes along with it. I give them very high marks, and I’m looking forward to exploring some of his techniques as I work through my own plein air landscapes, life studies, and photo references.
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