Copper Canyon Woman

9x12 inches, watercolor on canvas

 

Thanks to Curt Blanchard for the original photo from his trip to Copper Canyon.

 

I loved the pose and wanted to try it, and I also wanted to try a Fredrixs watercolor canvas that had been sitting unused, I like the canvas, with the muted way the surface accepts color, and how easily color can be lifted. That is, of course a mixed blessing because sometimes the color comes off when I don't intend it to. I evened out some areas like the dark on the right by using a watercolor pencil to lay down pigment without lifting what was underneath.

Done