We have a wonderful hanging stained glass window that was given to us
Over the years we (really me) watch with fascination of how the right changes with each season. Winter is particularly beautiful with the deep colour of the sky and the reflections of the snow. You can see the effect of winters light through the glass!
I pondered what to do.
I really wanted to get started and could not afford the time of shipping in another canvas. Then it hit me. Rather embarrassing really. Watercolour. Duh! I could cut the paper into whatever shape I needed! Oh my. Sometimes I baffle me.
Then I got real excited.
On a recent trip to Arizona to the Plein Air Convention and Expo (PACE), I purchased a few tubes of Daniel Smith’s Prima Tek paints. And now I have a really exciting painting to play with them. And I am loving them!
The glass represented in this painting has texture and is not smooth all over. These granulating paints are working beautifully to help me simulate the glass. Some of the colours are luscious (not there is a word you do not get to use everyday).
Lessons Learned
You have to be really cautious when you mix the Prima Tek colours with regular waterolours. They can get muddy fast
I highly recommend you paint an under wash first rather than mixing the colours together. Now when I mixed two Prima Tek colours together, they worked fine. But the wash had to be under not over these paints