Watercolour "Valentine Tree"

Shalyn Tybo
Valentine Tree
Note Card
13 x 17.5 cm (5 x 7 in)
Watercolor on
140 lb. cold-press paper
pigments: Winsor & Newton, Daniel Smith
2013, February
shalyntybovisuals@undisclosed.com

Whipped this up early this evening to mail encouragement to a friend. Used these techniques: tape masking for ragged edge on picture border, blowing the paint around using a drinking straw (tree trunks), wet in wet (to create shading and grassy ground), a gradient wash for the sky, and dry brush for the taller grass.

people: Tommy, Nancy
places: Costco in Mission Valley, City Heights
particulars: shared field open - let Nevada run, got groceries, typed report