Frosty Morning Cabin

12x9 watercolor that is a previous scene. All the trees and end of log cabin are imaginary and were drawn loosely first. I put in pale washes diagonally across the sky using Prussian blue as it is a cool blue unlike others.  Background trees had to be softer and out of focus. Aspens and other foreground trees painted last as was the frozen water in immediate foreground.  By trial and error I did stumble upon a neat trick to painting masses of leaves that works better than anything.  Just lay your rigger (script liner) brush fully loaded across damp or dry paper and twist it; don't use its pointed tip.  It will be horizontal, almost flat.  This is painted on Canson 140 lb cold press paper.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Snow Laden Trees

6x4 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago, a snowy evergreen scene somewhere up north.  Photo courtesy mbeckett/WetCanvas and is one of the December landscape challenge images.  This work is SOLD.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2018

February Snowy Landscape

11x15 watercolor of a rural road covered in snow with a dreary winter sky above.
Image is COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.