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| Backlit Beauty: Painting Otter Cliffs in Watercolor |
| By Theresa Heidel Learn how artist Theresa Heidel captures the luminous beauty of Maine’s Otter Cliffs by painting with watercolor, using backlighting, sharp contrasts, and translucent glazes to create a sparkling seascape full of depth and movement. This is a study of backlit lighting as it frames Otter Cliffs and surrounding trees and rocks. What could be more beautiful to paint! Using veils of translucent color, I endeavored to capture the sparkle on the water the day I painted this. In this demonstration, I focus on sharp value contrasts and often leave the white of the paper to emphasize the water’s sparkle and the top planes of the rocks. My Art Supplies Colors: Cobalt blue, French ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, permanent rose, phthalo green, sepia, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, new gamboge, hansa yellow, and Payne’s gray. Paper: 90-lb. cold press Arches, stretched on a board Brushes: 1 and 1/2″ Robert Simmons White Sable Skyflow flat wash brush, Da Vinci Jumbo synthetic round #30, 1″ Cotman flat brush, Escoda Perla round #2, and a #3 Cotman rigge Palette: I use a Pike palette. Step 1: Basic Outline |
Jersey Shore Magazine
Article in The Coast Star in Manasquan.
Squan Custom Frame Shop’s website has a new website featuring
Theresa Trose Heidel’s art.
