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I really enjoy the endurance horse and the settings they
are in as a subject for my paintings. It gives me a wide range
of compositions and colors.
I paint in a traditional style of layering the transparent
paint. I choose the most transparent watercolors and layer thin
coats over previously dry layers to get the colors I want. All
parts of the paintings have many layers. Light colors will usually
have at least 4 layers and black which is made by layering blues,
purples, greens and reds, will have as many as 15 layers of thin
paint. The layering gives the transparent watercolor a translucent
quality. You actually see through the layers. If the paint is
applied thick and just in one or a few layers it becomes opaque
& dull. I paint on high quality 300#, 100% rag(cloth) watercolor
paper. Most of the paintings are from my own photos and others
are from customers.
If you are interested in one of the paintings that I have
painted, or commission work, please give me a call. Gail Hought |
