SEASONAL NOTES WINTER 2025-2026

Sunrise From the Studio (photo)

Sun-struck is on a half sheet of Strathmore plate, heavyweight illustration board, which has a liftable surface. This makes it easy to create smooth edges and lift lights. The subject is from a photo I took while hiking here in the Adirondacks in New York State several years ago. I wet an area with a damp brush and then applied paint, letting colors mix on the surface. Lights were lifted with a thirsty damp brish. Values and colors were intensified after dry by applying more paint. Some shapes were slightly altered. The board was on an easel, at a medium angel to encourage the paint to move.

The painting won awards in the 2013 Old Forge National, the 2015 Montana Watercolor Society National and the 2019 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Annual Exhibition

NEWS

Wishing you all a happy Holiday season and a wonderful New Year!

I no longer teach workshops. There is still painting information under the workshops link in the header on my website. I do have 4 digital books, a hard cover book and 2 videos on this site for those who want to see information about how I paint, my materials and more. There is also painting information in the archived issues of the Seasonal Notes from other seasons and in several articles and interviews posted under the Articles heading in the top Bar of the Home page.

You can view a variety of my paintings on the gallery pages. Many of these are still available for sale. Contact me at ann@annpember.com if you are interested in information about a particular painting.

You can visit my pages on FACEBOOK at Ann Pember, AWS

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