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Posted: March 12, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 24 Comments »The ice on Lac St. Louis is breaking up and probably will be gone in a few days with the warmer temperatures we’re having. It was fairly dark this morning when I painted, and a bit hard to see colour in my car studio, so I was mostly thinking about value. I used lots of ultramarine blue, sap green and raw sienna to capture all the subtle colours in the ice.
Amazing work~
Thank you so much Monique!
Wonderful!
Thanks Julie!!
Exceptional once again. I love how you portray these scenes that are so central to Canadians. Snce childhood, watching and hearing the breakup of the ice signaled winter ‘s grip was loosening. There really was another summer coming.
Wayne, I always love hearing from you. Thanks for those kind words.
wow Shari, this is beautiful! amazing really.
Thanks Genine!!
My oh my….Shari
As I live at the west end of the island and on the lake, I see the ice breaking up each
year and it is always spectacular and so dramatic. It will never be ho-hum to me. You
have done a spectacular depiction and your color tones are amazing ! Bravo to you !
Lucky you Ruth! You get to see those dramatic lake views all the time. Glad you like this one!
Shari, do you have any pics of your car studio setup? Always trying to imagine how you juggle it all. Another great watercolor. Fred
I will take a photo of my car studio for you Fred!
Great depth (in all senses). Impressive!!
Thanks so much Miguel.
Shari; you make the simplist shapes truly impressive.
Thanks Jeanne!
This looks excellent! I would like to say that it looks so realistic, but I have never actually seen ice breaking up, so I wouldn’t know… but I do know that it make a very dramatic painting… and no glitches, that I can see. : )
Thanks Ross!
Incredible Shari :: extremely well done!
Thanks Jane!!
I agree with Ruth! Very well put. I was just looking at the ice yesterday and wondering how one might paint it. Great work Shari.
Thanks Alison. Get out there and sketch it before it disappears!
Beautiful value study and the perspective is fabulous. Saving this to show my watercolor class how to do perspective (as well as what a great painting it is!)
Thank you.
So glad this can be of help Veronica! Thanks for letting me know.