Lavender Field with Chair No. 3

I like this much better!

Lesson learned: it is worth doing a few smaller versions, even a bad one from (poor) memory, so as to work out the problems before starting on the good version.

Nan Henke

Texas Hill Country Art

http://www.texashillcountryart.etsy.com

Moving up and on...

Therefore (see previous post), I have started Blanco Lavender Field With Chairs #3, this time as an 11x14 on really good watercolor paper.  (The paper I used for the birthday card was very unforgiving!)  As you can see, I have already sketched the general shapes with watercolor pencil and masqued the chairs so that I will be able to toss color about freely in the field and background.

Something inside me is itching to paint something big and if I improve enough on #3, maybe I will do a #4 that is a full sheet of watercolor paper (22x30 inches.)

Nan Henke

Texas Hill Country Art

http://texashillcountryart.etsy.com

I paint much better when I can see the reference photo!

Here is my second version of Blanco Lavender Fields With Chairs.  I like it much better and have decided that I am just not the type of artist who can paint well from memory!  This one is about 5x8 inches and was done as a birthday card for the friend who was with me the day we saw the lavender adirondak chairs in the lavender field. 

Nan Henke

Texas Hill Country Art

http://www.texashillcountryart.etsy.com

Found the photo, here it is:

Sometimes it takes a few tries to get something right

Lesson 1: don't try to do it from memory. 

I forgot to bring the photo of the lavender colored adirondak chairs in the Blanco Texas lavender field on the day that I had time to start painting it.  So this overworked first attempt is strictly from memory.  Stay tuned to see just how inaccurate my memory was!

Nan Henke

Texas Hill Country Art

http://www.texashillcountryart.etsy.com