Friday, March 5, 2010

Merging Colors

The watercolors of Emil Nolde

My version of a Nolde watercolor. (From this original).

Emil Nolde, described as a German Expressionist, was a master of watercolor. I think his landscape and flower watercolors have the perfect balance of color and form. I tried to replicate one of his paintings. It was an quite exercise in speed (time I had before the paint dried up, and was no longer manipulable), and improvisation (allowing the various colors to merge and mingle).