The most difficult part of this painting was the sky, which required at least 20 washes in four colors - plus several more clear washes - to get it "just right." And then my lousy scanner reduced it all to a shambles, erasing the subtleties of the color blends and the transition from blues to yellows. Oh well . . .
I spotted this windmill on an Amish farm in Lancaster County, PA.
(When I see the word "windmill" I immediately think of the more elaborate European variety, like the beautiful windmills of Holland, used to pump water out of the Dutch lowlands.) Watercolor,
drybrush, pen & ink, on
Fabriano paper, 9" x 12".
1 comment:
Would you think me terribly irreverent if, in addition to my thought that your work is superb, I confess these sorts of windmills remind me of, umm, eggbeaters??? :)
I saw them often as a child in OH.
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