The Sky Is Low, The Clouds Are Mean – Watercolour
The Sky Is Low, The Clouds Are Mean
The sky is low, the clouds are mean,
A travelling flake of snow
Across a barn or through a rut
Debates if it will go.
A narrow wind complains all day
How some one treated him;
Nature, like us, is sometimes caught
Without her diadem.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
This is a painting study reproducing the lovely work from a...
roseindigo 1:22 pm on January 7, 2011 | #
Such a lovely landscape. Still, I’m so glad it’s only on paper while the palm trees look into my window.
Uncle Bob 1:44 pm on January 7, 2011 | #
Ha Ha! Rose. Surely you must be missing the snow?
Its been great here with all of this material to use in paintings. Lots melted recently but, as I type this, it snowing heavily – just in time for John’s visit next Friday. I’ll do anything to help my friends avoid homesickness.
christopherhack 4:24 pm on January 7, 2011 | #
this is lovely. i’d love to get a watercolour book one day. never painted a thing in my life. but i see so many wonderful watercolour pieces. i really should be brave one day!
Margie 9:22 pm on January 7, 2011 | #
lovely, Bob!
Kelin 11:19 pm on January 7, 2011 | #
I really enjoy your moleskine art…the scenery is very peaceful, and reminds me of my vacation in Canada. (I’m from Australia myself). I took a Moleskine sketchbook with me to log my travels which is my very first Moleskine ever, and prompted me to have a look for other people who used Moleskines.
Thankyou for sharing!
Nikira 8:03 am on January 8, 2011 | #
Some magic light in it.
Arqetancourt 9:33 am on January 8, 2011 | #
The light, the light and the light Perfect!!
Uncle Bob 9:54 am on January 8, 2011 | #
I am extremely grateful to all of you who have taken the trouble to comment on this. Thank you so much. In particular:
Christopher – Go for it. Watercolours are great, once you get used to the way the paint works. You mention a “book” and most of my stuff on Skineart is posted from a “Watercolour Moleskine” (note – NOT a Moleskine Sketchbook – these don’t accept water based washes all that great) I do, however, have some problems with these books with the pages cockling as I use a “wet into wet” method a lot. So, whenever I need to do a “good” watercolour I use heavier paper which is dampened first then stretched on a flat board. If you haven’t used this technique before, contact me on
bobmcdowall@hotmail.com
and I can send you some notes I have made for friends starting with this medium. (This, of course, goes with any others reading this)
Ah Margie! My dear friend. Praise from you is like winning a fortune. It is most welcome and will keep me going for a long time.
Kelin I almost ended up staying in Canada, many years ago, but chickened out at the last moment. I love the idea of the vast open spaces and, of course, snowy mountains. My youngest also fancied working there but has ended up in New Zealand. He did visit Australia on his way there and was very taken with your country. Since you have, obviously, subscribed to Skineart you must send us some of your Moleskine “Journal” pictures from Canada. I often think this is the best way to record one’s travels, experiences – life in general. I’m sure it would be great to see things from your perspective.
Finally – Nikira and Arqetancourt. This is “praise from Caesar” in as much that you pair are the leading lights (pun intended) in the use of tone and colour. Its humbling to be compared with you pair.