This is a recent watercolor painting completed on watercolor canvas. Watercolor lifts very easily off of watercolor canvas, going all the way back to the white of the surface unless you have painted with a staining color and even then it goes back to a near white state. This makes it ideal for making corrections, playing with different colors and just being more spontaneous in your creation. With traditional watercolors on paper, most planning for a painting must be done before you actually begin painting because the medium is less forgiving and difficult to correct. With watercolor canvas, you can correct many times, in fact with this painting, I changed the background completely 4 times until I was satisfied with the result. For a watercolor artist this is freedom! But, with all freedom there is a price. The ability to correct is the very reason working on canvas is also a challenge. You can lift areas you did not intend to change and also glazing color on top of color without lifting the under color can be difficult. For this reason, you need to use very soft brushes with a light hand so when you go over the top of existing dried paint you don’t lift it right off the canvas. Fortunately, if you do lift paint by mistake, you can paint it right back in.

“Patience” is of a little girl I saw waiting with her family to get a seat at a restaurant. She and her brothers were the epitome of well-behaved children and she was particularly patient. I loved the way she had her hair up, her dress and just her sweet look in general. As you can see, I eliminated the existing restaurant background and placed her in an outdoor setting instead, making her the complete focus of the painting.

Image Size: 20×16″ on watercolor canvas panel, unframed. Price: $400.00 (plus S&H) Please email me for availability.