Reflections

This summer we were at the Aquarium in Vancouver. While waiting for the dolphins to 'perform' I was drawn to the adjacent pool where the beluga whales were swimming around.  The shadows from the trees and skies made the water a beautiful deep green-blue with white shadows were the belugas were.  It was absolutely lovely and I was mesmerized by the colour.

While methodically working my way through the watercolour "Fallen Leaves" [see last post] I wondered how I might paint even a part of this water. I had prepared three 24 X 30" canvases by painting them a dark blue.   I knew I wanted to do them in acrylic as opposed to watercolour and I came to realize that I wanted to do closeups of small areas of the water.  Finally, I decided it was time to try the liquid acrylics I had purchased last summer. Thankfully I had purchased some pouring medium which increased the ability of the paints to flow and mix together.

Three full days of work resulted in the paintings below.  I think I might try a few more water paintings but will certainly need to replenish my paints before doing so.  This way of painting does require a lot of paint and I was thankful for one of our local art shops [http://huesart.ca] which I could get to quickly to purchase more paint!  Hope the colour harmonies bring you joy.