Monday, November 7, 2011

Colimilla - Poured Watercolor

Colimillia is such cute little town.  It is in the lagoon by Barra de Navidad, another charming town in Mexico.  Both are about 40 minutes north of Manzanillo.   They were hit by a hurricane a couple of weeks ago and many of the buildings on the beach in Barra were badly damaged.  Colimilla was protected from the waves by being in the lagoon but I think there might have been some flooding.  We will be visiting there soon and I'm anxious to see how the people in both towns are doing.  The hurricane was only a category 2 luckily.  It was supposed to be a category 3 when it hit land but fortunately it lost some of its power.

I painted this from a couple of pictures I took last spring.  I love the serene feeling of the calm water and the setting sun.  The pangas (small boats), like the one in this painting, go between the several restaurants in Colimilla and the Grand Bay Hotel and Barra de Navidad.  It looks like it's time for a cocktail - and maybe some ceviche and coconut shrimp.  : )

This is the first poured painting that I've tried.  I went to a demo by Linda Baker a couple of weeks ago and this is the technique that she uses.  Of course, she made it look really easy.  I wouldn't say that it was hard but there is definitely a learning curve.  The next one will be much easier.  I really like the look that pouring watercolor gives to a painting.  It has a very graphic quality, which you should know by now is the look that attracts me to a painting.  I can't wait to try it again.

After saying in the last post that I was done painting flowers for awhile, the first thing I started working on the next day was a floral that I'd started last spring.  Sigh.....  At least this post isn't flowers but I'm afraid next week's probably will be but they will NOT be pink!

Colimilla
Image size 11" x 18"
Watercolor

15 comments:

  1. Une grande profondeur dans cette aquarelle qui restitue une sérénité...
    j'espère que malgré l'ouragan rien n'aura changé... Cela me paraît si beau...
    gros bisous

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  2. J'espère que tout va bien dans Colimilla. C'est un endroit magnifique.

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  3. Doesn't matter the subject when you do the painting, Nancy. It is that beauty I come to see. I still haven't a clue how to do a poured watercolor, but one of these days I'll find a video. This one is spectacular and I'm especially smitten with the shadows on the water. Beautiful!

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  4. This is a lovely watercolor, Nancy! Watercolor is such a difficult medium, yet you make it look so easy.! I love how the light hits the water at the end of its day. just beautiful!

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  5. Poured watercolor technique, sounds challenging! I would love to hear more about the technique. Your painting, specifically the water light to dark shadows, look fabulous. Love it.

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  6. Beautifully done! It looks like you really took to the pouring. I can't wait to see more soon.

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  7. Thank you Sherry. If you go to youtube and look for poured watercolor, there are several. Linda Baker's and Leslie Redhead's are my favorites.

    Thank you Hilda and Robin. You should try the pouring technique. It's so much fun.

    Leslie, that is great praise coming from you, one of the pouring queens!

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  8. It's beautiful, Nancy! You did a wonderful job! I can't wait to see more!

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  9. Beautiful painting and I like the graphic quality. Really nice lighting,too.

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  10. Lovely painting! I've never heard of poured watercolor. Sounds intriguing and I look forward to seeing more with this technique. I don't work in watercolor but there's so much to learn from everything!

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  11. Thank you Nancy, Theresa, and Lorraine.

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  12. Looks really good, the pouring really gave you a lovely array of colours built into your picture. I really enjoyed my visit to your blog.

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  13. Thank you Wendy for you nice comments and for visiting my blog.

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  14. Beautiful job on the pour!!! As I was looking at it and reading your description I was thinking that it looked like one. Looks great!

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  15. Thank you Joan. Have you ever poured watercolors?

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