Experiment in blue
Posted: January 20, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized 28 CommentsThis isn’t my usual way of painting, but I was in the mood to try something a little different today. I painted wet-in-wet on 300 lb Arches paper, which I don’t use very often, (and certainly not for experimentation), but I have some old stock that I wasn’t even sure was good anymore. I wanted to try some soft snow shadows, so I wet the paper completely (only one side is necessary with this thick paper), and then painted the sky and snow shadows with a big flat brush (2″) loaded with Verditer Blue. It’s an interesting blue that I think is a good substitute for Cobalt in winter scenes and I’ll definitely be trying it again.
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
Wow Shari! This looks awesome! You’re a great painter.
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Thanks so much for writing Adeline.
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Love this one
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Glad to see someone use Veriter Blue! I use it lots since I am allergic to cobalt. Fun to see you doing wet in wet as well!
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Veriter blue is new to me, which brand makes it? I love the colour very much. Thank you, I love to get your sketches.
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Thanks Birte. That Verditer Blue is made by Daniel Smith. It’s a beautiful colour, isn’t it?
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That blue just makes the snow glow.😊
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Love this one!
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Very interesting. What size paper and it looks like the rest was completed in various stages of dryness?
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This one, to me, has an ethereal look. I would have loved to watch a video of you painting this as it was created. It’s beautiful and quiet. Thank you.
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Maybe one of these days I will do a step-by-step post of this. Just need to find the time!
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I love all your work. Nothing is the same. Your range is amazing.
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this looks like a ton of fun, Shari! wet in wet means you won’t have to hang out in your car so long and freeze too!
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This is gorgeous, Shari! Love the result and love that blue…adding it to my list of thugs to try. Hehe Thanks so much for sharing your process as well! 😃
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It was 46 here this morning so this beautiful scene almost, but not quite, looked like my front yard. Jacques
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You better believe you should try it again! Gorgeous!! Thank you Shari for brightening a winter day, both on the screen and off. 💛
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Shari, I think it’s gorgeous!
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Gorgeous winterscape!
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Beautiful painting
I love the verditer blue. It has a kinder personality than the cobalt. I thought before reading, the hue is ultramarine blue. Nice surprise. Thank you
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I love your description of Verditer Blue. A kinder personality is a wonderful way to describe it. Thanks for writing May.
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Absolutely beautiful. I love the way you’ve capture the snow and the trees.
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Awesome! Your painting definitely “sings the blues”. I checked the internet to see if that shade of blue is available in Acrylics and didn’t see any. You’ve inspired me to play with cobalt blue adding a tiny tad of another color to see if I can make it come close; however, I’m sure that it would be difficult to replicate because of the transparency of watercolors and the glow of the white paper underneath. Perhaps manganese blue may be close? I don’t have a tube of that color, but after seeing your painting, I might buy it.
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This is outstanding Shari — I love it and we can feel a depth of snow with the wet on wet that is not really visible web on dry. Wow!
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Beautiful.
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Love the edges…
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This is a lovely little painting. Just a little different from your usual style. That is a new blue to me. Love following your work as I am in eastern Ontario so not that far from you. Similar landscapes. All the best to you in 2016!
JB
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Hi Janet,
Yes, a little different from the usual, but I always love to try new things. They don’t always work out but that’s how you learn, right? All the best to you in Ontario, and thanks for sending me a note. Much appreciated.
Shari
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Loverly painting, edges are perfect. Verditer is a good paint for landscape IMO. Pigments are cobalt PB28, cerulean PB36 + white PW4. I think it’s the slight opacity that we enjoy because it plays off the usual transparency of watercolor.
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