Finishing Post - watercolour

 

Hill and Hill Gallery, Fletching requested a painting of horses, so I decided to re-work some sketches that I had used last year for an acrylic. I wanted to maintain the freedom of scale, so used a full sheet of 300lb rough. I was keen to explore the feeling of movement using wet into wet watercolour with lots and lots of water.

 

The palette overall is quite limited, using a new favourite - W&N Magnesium Brown. I love it's opacity which holds up well against the transparent pigments; indigo, French ultramarine and ultramarine violet. I carry the colour through the painting to encourage the sense of movement, leading the viewers eye across the surface of the work.

 

I used a tiny bit of masking fluid to maintain a highlight on the bit, tail and noseband.

 

I just need to bring out the bridle when it's dry and I think a trip to Uckfield Framing Company will be in order!