Watercolor and Winter

It doesn't look like this up here yet. But it will. Skiers paradise. Big challenge for watercolor artists.

I painted this from a photo during the winter of 2001. I was border- line insane anyway, so why not? This painting was a lesson in patience. There is absolutely no way anyone should attempt to do this outdoors. I know people do set up and paint watercolors outside in the winter up here. But this winter scene uses the white of the paper for all the whites and I doubt anyone could stay outside long enough to pull this off before freezing to death.

There are a minimum of 4 layers of color applied over 2 layers of masking. I added my German Shepard Dog, Sadie, at the end in order to give the viewer something to measure the whole scene by. This painting is also large by my standards. It is 22 X 30 inches, known as a full sheet.

Of course, once I put my dog in the painting, I couldn't put a price on it and so the painting now belongs to my son.