Original artwork description:

Summer has begun
Spending a quiet afternoon,
At Fonthill lake,
Clouds starting to clear for the blue sky,
The glorious greens shades of the trees,
Reflecting into the magical lake.

Words and meaning of a favourite local lake on the Fonthill estate near Tisbury in Wiltshire.
Original impressionist watercolour on extra rough textured watercolour paper bockingford 300 gsm 140lb.
I used a three colour technique and started with wetting the paper all over then applying sporadic washes of pale cadmium yellow plus crimson plus cobalt blue. With my Chinese brush I expressively placed the clouds over the top while the paper is wet. I did the same for the reflections in the lake. I used a baseline technique for the edge of the lake , placing the trees by swirling, scrubbing the paint on and the same for the refections. The reeds and grasses I created using a dragging technique.

Materials used:

Extra rough textured watercolour paper bockingford 300gsm 140lb, Windsor and Newton watercolours, Chinese brushes, filbert brush, sable hair brush,

Tags:

#summer trees #lakescape #tranquil art #watercolour lakeside #waterscapes #trees lake #summer lake #english watercolours #wiltshire treescape #trees reflected #calming watercolour #original waterscape #beautiful watercolour #fonthill lake #waterscape art