Midsummer Night

Midsummer Night                                      Watercolour 23 x 31 cm                               Elizabeth Tyler 2020

This is the view I had over the Fegen Lake in Sweden on Midsummer Night. I was fascinated by the intensity of the colours in the sky even though it wasn’t quite the midnight sun.
The colours I used for the sky were French Ultramarine and Quinacridone Magenta.
The water was painted in Quinocridone Magenta, Orange and Indanthrone Blue. All were tube colours by Daniel Smith. The trees and dark clouds were finally added with Paynes Grey.
The Paper I use is Arches rough, 300 G/M2 in this case a small block sized 23x31 which is easy to travel with.