I was inspired to paint scenes of the overlooked beauty one can discover in the spaces dominated by major landmarks. Instead of painting the Eiffel Tower, I wanted to focus on all the extraordinary detail found in an anonymous part of the French urban landscape. This piece was done with a mixed media technique that includes a graphite pencil layer, majority watercolor, and highlights with gouache and pastel - made on Arches Cold Press Watercolor paper. To bring some nostalgia into the piece I wanted to mimic the effects of film lomography, where negatives are intentionally damaged to creat...
I was inspired to paint scenes of the overlooked beauty one can discover in the spaces dominated by major landmarks. Instead of painting the Eiffel Tower, I wanted to focus on all the extraordinary detail found in an anonymous part of the French urban landscape. This piece was done with a mixed media technique that includes a graphite pencil layer, majority watercolor, and highlights with gouache and pastel - made on Arches Cold Press Watercolor paper. To bring some nostalgia into the piece I wanted to mimic the effects of film lomography, where negatives are intentionally damaged to creat...
I was inspired to paint scenes of the overlooked beauty one can discover in the spaces dominated by major landmarks. Instead of painting the Eiffel Tower, I wanted to focus on all the extraordinary detail found in an anonymous part of the French urban landscape. This piece was done with a mixed media technique that includes a graphite pencil layer, majority watercolor, and highlights with gouache and pastel - made on Arches Cold Press Watercolor paper. To bring some nostalgia into the piece I wanted to mimic the effects of film lomography, where negatives are intentionally damaged to creat...
This may appear to be an ordinary forest trail, but the context is much more interesting. The Versailles Gardens in France is mostly a highly designed space - but you can rent bikes and go miles deep and off into random trails within the forest. That's where I discovered this trail - away from tourists and free from the rigid landscape design of the front gardens. This piece was done with a mixed media technique that includes a graphite pencil layer, majority watercolor, and highlights with gouache and pastel - made on Arches Cold Press Watercolor paper. To bring some nostalgia into the pi...
This piece depicts the ponds edge, miles deep within the Versailles Gardens. This piece was done with a mixed media technique that includes a graphite pencil layer, majority watercolor, and highlights with gouache and pastel - made on Arches Cold Press Watercolor paper. To bring some nostalgia into the piece I wanted to mimic the effects of film lomography, where negatives are intentionally damaged to create a surface veneer of colorful texture. I achieved this with the top layer of gouache and pastel. ...
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