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Friday, October 10, 2014

The Alps in Clouds

My painting was inspired by a fabulous photo gallery by Jose Antonio. If you would like to see more of the beautiful Switzerland mountains and historic sites go to the website.
When I was looking at the original photo, first thing I noticed was the low clouds and the mountain peaks above. That gives the scene an unusual look and dynamic. Most of us know how quickly such scene vanishes. Thanks to Jose - the author of this photo for sharing the moment with us. I wounder what happened next. The clouds went up and cleared the view or maybe quite opposite, they covered everything with a mist. In the high mountains you never know.
Because I'm painting with watercolors I left the white of the paper to represent the lightest parts of the clouds. Sticking to the rule "the less is more" I tried not to over do this part of the painting. I think I succeeded in this.

The painting process of this picture is on YouTube

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