Step 1
This is a small lane in Grasmere, England, near the famous Dove Cottage. My photograph was not especially interesting, so I worked out some changes to make my painting more […]
Step 2
I did a few thumbnail studies to determine what I was going to do to make the painting better than the photo. I changed the boring wall by putting in […]
Step 3
I begin laying in the initial watercolor washes working from light to dark.
Step 4
The finished painting. It’s never about copying a photo. As artists we are free to interpret scenes in our own way.
