Marsh Glow

A while ago I picked up some iridescent watercolors that were donated to the IAA.  I hadn't really played around with them much but yesterday ran across them in the studio and decided to see what I could do with them.  This painting is adapted from a sketch that was in one of my sketchbooks from a couple of years ago.  I was trying to get that golden, late afternoon haze that sometimes appears over the greenway marsh.  The paints give a very faint sparkle to the background and some of the highlight areas.  Unfortunately my point and shoot photography doesn't capture that paint quality.

Marsh Glow

12 x 20 Watercolor on 140lb Arches Paper

2013