Before I left home for graduate school, I started a large painting project for my mum. She loves the play of light on water, so I figured some waterfalls would be just the thing. I found a variety of waterfalls to tackle- the classic long fall into a sparkling emerald pool, then the trickling spread out fall that flows over mossy rocks, and to really explore the light characteristic, a fall viewed from behind, with jutting rocks in view in front of the rushing glowing water. I knew I would never finish it before leaving for Seattle, but that would just mean I'd have to come home regularly. You know, to work on the painting, not to hang out with the folks and get some gooOOood cooking-ala-mamma.
And so it began... "Three Sisters" waterfall painting, trying to capture three types of waterfalls.
Wish I had taken earlier photos of the 3x4 canvas, but this was the first, from that first year in 2009, when I came back for the holidays to work on it more. First year of a long adventure.
I really liked how the pool seems to glow. And that emerald blue of deep clear water is just lovely.
For me, the hard part is melding the three different waterfalls, with their own different backgrounds, together into a uniform view that matches. The vegetation background comes into play there. Plus I wanted to paint some ferns. Some pictures from a Hawaii trip came in handy for that.
2011
2013 progress
As of Dec 2014
As it stands in 2015, still work needed on the rocks & small trickling falls:
Another few days of work while visiting the folks again in Dec 2015
As of 2017
DONE in 2018
Track the rock changes!
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