Painting Tip March 2011

Moorland Cascade

Moorland cascades and pools make delightful compositions. Sometimes I add a thorn or rowan tree beside the cascade, but here it has sufficient interest with rocks and tumbling water. The contrast of hard-edged, dark rocks against the lighter water works well to highlight the water. The foreground reflections were achieved with the wet-into-wet method by dropping in the dark reflections while the pool was still damp. As so often happens, the reflections spread out too far and I had to curb them with a damp brush which I had dipped in clean water and then wiped on a paper tissue. 

  This tip is from David's latest book,
'Mountains and Moorlands in Watercolour'