This week my husband and me went for a short stay in the Eastern part of our country, close to the border with Germany. We made a nice walk over the 'Herikerberg' near Markelo (Netherlands) and made several (reference) pictures. For the reference picture of this watercolour I was seconds too late at every attempt, the sun just came through the clouds and disappeared again very quickly. So the light spot in the clouds is from my memory.
In fact I looked at the reference only briefly, mostly for the structure of the larch trees in the foreground. The placement of the branches and twigs is different from any other tree. The larch trees lose their needles in autumn, so the branches were bare.
As it had rained the day before our walk, the trees were very dark and the fact that they were back-lit added to that dark brown colour. The rain had also left a lot of water, there was a light fog under the trees that would lift later that day.
The result of my painting is what I had hoped for, an atmospheric view of some woodlands in our country after a rainy day.
The information about the materials I have used, the size of the painting and its availability can all be found in my Tumblr blog.
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