Original artwork description:

Seeing into nature
Admiring the changes,
Spring colours,
Surrounded by trees,
Vivid greens, copper and gold,
Tall reed beds.

Words and expression of my experience at Blandford nature reserve in Dorset.
Original expressive watercolour on extra rough textured watercolour paper bockingford 300gsm 140lb.
I created this naturescape from my visual memory and tried to reflect back to being there. I wet the paper all over for the wet on wet background. I then used mark making to build up the patterns of nature. I used a fan brush for dragging and pressing the paint on plus a filbert and a Japanese mop squirrel hair brush. I used a four colour technique creating many colours from one yellow, burnt sienna, cobalt blue and crimson..

Materials used:

Extra rough textured watercolour paper bockingford 300gsm 140lb, filbert brush, Japanese mop squirrel hair brush, Windsor and Newton watercolours,

Tags:

#reed beds #dorset art #nature reserve #nature scene #reeds marshes #naturescape #dorset artist #calming watercolour #original watercolours #relaxing watercolour #nature watecolour #spring watercolour #spring treescape #blue sky.nature #reeds trees