Minimalist Art ….With a focus on a quiet, cool chilled feeling.
In watercolors.
Did it work? I wonder……..

Watercolor’s Key Points
Impressionist
Impressionist Watercolor Landscape: minimal and clean
Express and Convey
Expressing Coolness, Calmness and Space
High Key Low Key
High Key: most of the painting’s space is light, white and not much paint has been applied.
The paint used, has been brushed on, judiciously. Leaving high ratio of Light. Of white.
Limited Palette
Limited Palette: Phalo blue, Light Red, Raw Umber
Watercolor Materials and Paints Used
Keeping it Simple
Fabriano 100% cotton rag paper …. sheer delight
Rekab 320s squirrel #2
3 watercolor paints:
Phalo Blue Daniel Smith pb15:3
Raw Umber Maimeri pbr7
Light Red Blockx pr102
I love minimal and I also love light and white. Your watercolour ticks all the boxes for me Debi, inspirational… !
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awesome! thanks! ps, have you heard of Toko Shinoda? I think, you might like her art, modern. asian. abstract. and SO good. she is very old now..
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I haven’t heard of her – but I will check her out….
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Definitely works. Looks quite Japanese to me in style. Beautiful.
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thanks!! I think perhaps, by nature maybe I have a very large part of me that is eastern art influenced. especially in the minimalist, zen wabi sabi ways….. 🙂
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lovely, deb. i’m all about minimalism.
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thank you! Its great you enjoyed this, I’m doing a couple more that are fairly loose and impressionist that are relaxing. Cheers, Debi 🙂
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Works for me. I love the contrast between watery blues and those precise little flecks.
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thank you Jane! that wet in wet and charging really helped those soft edges… fun!
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Lovely
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thanks!
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Yes, this certainly works. I love it! Can you tell more about the steps you took in painting this?
Thanks.
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thanks!! yes, it was wet in wet and then some charging techniques, then dropped in the drier paint last! 🙂
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It sure did work!! Geniusly! Swoonworthy!!!
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That Phalo Blue is really Pretty…
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thanks! it is…. when it is well diluted. then, I do like it alot! thanks Joanne 🙂
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lovely work- watercolor at its best-
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how sweet, thank you Holly!!!
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Definitely cool. Very cool artwork, Debi. 😉
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hey Anneli, glad you liked this cool one! thanks a bunch! 🙂
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I love it.
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thanks Sylvia!!! thats lovely, glad you liked it!!
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