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samplegirl

(11,477 posts)
1. That is so beautiful.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 07:42 AM
Sep 2022

Last edited Mon Sep 12, 2022, 08:14 AM - Edit history (1)

I’m new to watercolors and trying to learn to paint easy stuff first. Any pointers or tips? Just trying to teach myself.
Paints? Brushes?
I’ve only done one landscape that was a tutorial.
Trying to find some relaxing time.


mnhtnbb

(31,384 posts)
10. I do not paint
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:26 AM
Sep 2022

so cannot help with tips. I do love watercolors, though, and the shape, texture, and colors in the clouds made me think of a watercolor painting.

japple

(9,823 posts)
21. I thought the 1st pic was a photograph and 2nd pic was a watercolor that
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 11:48 AM
Sep 2022

you had painted. In any case, they are both beautiful.

japple

(9,823 posts)
2. Beautiful!!! Those purples and peach colors are delicious. You got the colors down perfectly.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 07:46 AM
Sep 2022

I take photos out my front door on the mornings when the sky is especially beautiful and always love it when these colors are present.

I am not a painter, but I enjoy the work of others. The best I can do is my phone camera. Here is one morning last week.

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mnhtnbb

(31,384 posts)
13. Lovely!
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:29 AM
Sep 2022

These shots were both taken with my cell phone. When I noticed the color in the sky, my cell phone was closer than my camera. Color fades very quickly here at dawn, so I just went with the camera at hand.

mnhtnbb

(31,384 posts)
17. Thanks!
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:37 AM
Sep 2022

I wanted to put the second one in context. Shooting between my house and the one next door. Color and shapes were changing fast.

niyad

(113,284 posts)
6. Jusst beautiful. In the first one, in the upper left, it looks like two beings holding
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 08:41 AM
Sep 2022

hands and dancing.

Pinback

(12,154 posts)
7. Glorious. A sunrise like that can suffuse the whole day with beauty
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:13 AM
Sep 2022

and make you feel that anything is possible. Thanks for sharing!

mnhtnbb

(31,384 posts)
15. I almost missed it.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:34 AM
Sep 2022

I'd been awake for awhile. Had been lounging around with coffee, procrastinating on my walk. Too humid. But, of course, the humidity contributed to the lovely colors.

George McGovern

(5,420 posts)
22. "Dawn is a feeling, a beautiful ceiling" Moody Blues "Nights in White Satin"
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 06:55 PM
Sep 2022

mnhtnbb these are splendid photographs! Very pretty colors! Glad your cell phone was handy!

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