Painting water

Every time I have some moment on a lake, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.
- Bill Bradley

Done from my imagination, no preliminary sketching - W & N watercolours on Bockingford 300gsm 

I just love painting water -- the magical flow of the colours always mesmerises me to the point of almost overdoing it -- I sometimes still have to learn when to put on the brakes!

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Re-visiting an old haunt - Tarlton Dam

Yesterday I actually made the effort of packing my portfolio bag and art supplies and setting off to the dam just 2km down the road from us. Another perspective of the Tarlton Dam, which I first painted back in the 80's.

"Tarlton Dam '09" watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm watercolour paper - Maree©

Winter is in full swing and the only greenery is the Blue gum trees and Wattles, which are deciduous and only drop a lot of bark and seeds. Everything else is bone dry and the veld fires (wildfires) have taken their toll everywhere, leaving the landscape lifeless, except for the Egrets scavenging on dead insects and little mammals that couldn't manage to escape the roaring fires.

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