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Step 1

Lake Powell is one of my favorite painting subjects. I love to paint rocks, and I love to paint water. I can indulge myself in both at Lake Powell in southern Utah.

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Step 2

I first lightly sketched in the shapes of the cliffs using a 4h pencil, then started the painting by using a wet into wet technique to paint the sky area. My Hake brush serves as a good tool for [...]

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Step 3

The sky is done wet-in-wet using Ultramarine blue, Cad red light, and Yellow Ochre. I allow the pigments to mingle freely on the paper to get the grays of the clouds. While the sky is drying I [...]

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Step 4

You can see the shapes start to form as I add darker values in the shadow areas. Notice how I reduce the values on the distant cliffs to give them the appearance of being far away.

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Step 5

With the cliffs in place I can begin working on the water. I am careful to leave places where the water surface is broken by ripples and waves and the blue of the sky is reflected. The darker [...]

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Step 8

Next to the watercolor painting is my thumbnail value study and a reference photograph that I shot at Lake Powell. I usually tape them to my board while working for quick reference. It’s [...]

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Step 7

With the small brush I fill in some of the white areas that I left using the negative painting technique. I am using mostly Ultramarine blue with a touch of yellow for the sky reflections.