The Pass Watercolor Landscape This unique watercolor landscape began with a memory from childhood spent in Colorado. It’s a place called Buffalo Pass, back country high in the Rocky Mountains. It’s very difficult to get to. There are no paved roads. The last time we were there, we were alone with the land and the trees. When we were little we had a lot of nice memories formed there. It is east of my hometown of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The fast moving rain will come and visit at will in this small western town. This past August it hailed pea sized anomalies. Up on the pass, the lake seems untouched by the things that make other places ordinary. You begin a landscape with this process. The surface was prepped by wetting Fabriano paper weight bright white paper 140 lb. weight, cold press. And then the selection of colors…green gold, French ultramarine blue, cerulean blue and alizarin crimson. The last is my favorite color it’s the perfect magenta for mixing with any and all colors. It’s a preference of habit from when I was in high school, around 16. The brush family was Windsor Newton Sceptor Gold.  |
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CategoriesArtist OriginalChildhood Stories Colorado Inspiration Landscape Memories Mountain Lakes Nature Painting Plein Air Painter Recovery Therapy Watercolor
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