6×6 watercolor of the Potomac River. Ultramarine Blue, Viridian, Burnt Sienna, Van Dyck Brown, Yellow Ochre. A great color palette for fall and winter painting.
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Red Rock Overlook
I hike and run at Red Rock Overlook a lot. This is the signature view. I wanted to see if I could make it look as if it had classical importance. 5×7 watercolor in yellow ochre and Van Dyck brown.
Frozen Potomac river
The river has frozen in a long of places. This is a view of the Virginia shore from Point of Rocks in Maryland. 6×6 watercolor.
Private Property—Potomac River
First painting of 2018. I came across this scene on one of my hikes along the Potomac river a month ago.
Another Potomac river study
I am planning to do a series of very large Potomac river landscapes, so am trying some some different compositions.
Finished Hazy Potomac River Piece
For this scene the thing that most interested me was the white buoys in the distance on the right. I saw them from far off and tried to get as close as I could before I ran out of land to walk on. A little mystery on an otherwise calm afternoon.
Potomac River Pencil Drawing
Last weekend we went for a hike along the Potomac. I took a bunch of photos of some rocky land jutting out into the river. There are a lot of interesting compositions to explore for some larger paintings. Here’s a pencil study of one I’m considering.
Another Potomac River study
I’ve drawn and painted this scene before on pink paper, on regular paper, with a pink casein background, and now with a focus on warm and cool colors. I’ve been looking at Monet’s paintings, and he worked on the same scene on the Seine (which reminds me of this scene a bit) over and over again with different lighting and color schemes. Thought I’d give it a try with lemon yellow, cad red, and cobalt blue in a moleskine pocket watercolor notebook focusing more on color than value, trying to learn from Monet.
Potomac River
There’s a place in the Potomac River not far from my house that’s really peaceful. Not too many people go there. I tried to capture that sense of calm with an earth color palette of Prussian Blue, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, and Yellow Ochre. I think I’d do this a little differently again with the hanging branch left of center. The even split of the picture feels a little jarring.
Corey Aber 