This sketch resulted from a trip to Asheville, last year. It is a very picturesque town in the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains in Western North Carolina.******
Watercolor, 7x5", Fabriano Paper
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About Me
- Julio Rodrigues
- Julio Rodrigues was born in Portugal and emigrated to the United States (New Jersey) in 1978. After a career in the engineering field, watercolor painting is his favorite hobby. He is a self-taught artist who likes to work primarily with transparent watercolor due to the freshness and luminosity of the medium. He also works with pen and ink, and pencil, sometimes combining these media. His favorite subjects are buildings and townscapes of historical interest. In his watercolor paintings, he strives for transparency and strong light and shadow contrasts with as few layers of paint as possible. His greatest challenge is to arrive at just the right amount of detail without overworking the painting. Exhibitions and Awards: 2020 Best Overall Artwork Award, Forks Area Art Society, Easton, Pennsylvania, May 2020; 2017 The Gallery at St. John’s, Easton PA, solo exhibition, Easton: Watercolors And Other Thoughts; 2008 Second place plus Honorable mention, Fur Fin and Feather Festival, Middleton TN; 2007 Burch Library, solo exhibition Collierville TN; 2004 Selected artist, Fedex Forum Permanent Lobby Mural, (Memphis, TN);
Great sky, and I love the little details on trees. I am always intrieged by the colours of buildings... for example on this church what did you use as colours on th side with light and the other shaded side?
ReplyDeleteis it a more diluted colour on the side with light ?
Anyway the curch is painted very nicely.
Hi Doudy, thanks for your comment. I usually start with a diluted color and cover both sides. Then I mix a little black with the original color and paint over the darker side. This way, you have a darker value with the same hue/color. Having said that, I never use pure black anywhere. If I want a really dark tone, I will mix colors such as Ultramarine Blue with Burnt Umber.
ReplyDeleteAnother wonderful painting from the Villager!
ReplyDeleteInteresting to read how artists select their colors. I love black, all kinds of black. I know all the teachers advise against its use but to me it makes all the other colors sing. I will often use india ink in my paintings, both watercolors and pastels.
Love this painting especially the way the sun thrust its way through the clouds.
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