Spanish Portal..Watercolor...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This watercolor is on a Crescent Watercolor Board. It is presented unframed

Spanish Portal

15" x 20"

$300 Plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/spanish-portal-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

I took photos of this one in stages.. I often get asked how I keep such clean colors.. well I keep a lot of the white paper showing in all my works if I can and no, I don’t use masking fluid (or very rarely).

I simply work in stages ..in  SPANISH PORTAL 

 I worked the foliage first, and embellished the foreground with some pot plants..  here are my progress photos.

The pathway behind the gate gets more shadows and foliage on it, and I finish off with a small splatter of paint in the foreground to break the entryway up a little.

I find this method of painting a more complicated scene easier to control. Just sorting the painting into sections, and I can keep the white of the paper pristine this way as well.

Thanks for visiting..

Rae teaches European Workshops in all mediums.

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