Another steamboat watercolor from last night. I had one sheet of this cheap paper left. After the beautiful experience with the Hahnemühle Anniversary paper it sucked a bit. 🙂 Anyway, it is fun for me to study these old steamboats and I guess it will keep me busy for a while. While I was looking out for some reference to study I found some really admirable artists who painted these riverboats with incredible accuracy – first of all to mention John Stobart, a British maritime Artist, who created the most stunning paintings of the old riverboats and maritime scenes I have ever seen – really awesome.

Ein weiteres Steamboat Aquarell aus der letzten Nacht. Ich hatte noch ein Blatt von diesem billigen Papier auf dem Block. Nach der wunderbaren Erfahrung mit dem Hahnemühle Anniversary Papier hat das etwas genervt. 🙂 Trotzdem, es macht mir großen Spaß, diese alten Dampfer zu studieren und ich glaube, ich werde mich noch ein Weilchen damit beschäftigen. Während ich mich im Internet nach Referenzmaterial umgesehen habe, bin ich auf einige wirklich bewundernswerte Künstler gestoßen, die diese alten Dampfer mit einer unglaublichen Detailgenauigkeit gemalt haben – allen voran sei hier John Stobart erwähnt, ein Britischer Maritim Künstler, der in meinen Augen die erstaunlichsten Werke in dieser Richtung geschaffen hat. Da ich mich für dieses Genre bislang nicht so sehr interessiert habe, war das eine tolle Entdeckung für mich.
Just gorgeous! Don likes it too 🙂
Alison
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Thanks so much, guys! 🙂
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They were amazing boats so shallow drafted and top heavy. They must have been a handful on rivers full of sandbars when storms blew down.
question? -are you using gouache for the railings and posts?
Aitd
holly
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Thanks so much, Holly! 🙂 To me it is near to a wonder that they have been working so well. I have seen some old photos where they were packed with wood and cotton house-high. I used some Chinese White /opaque watercolor mixed in to work out the railings and Posts. To be honest: I am too lazy for using masking fluid or negative painting. 🙂
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what you did worked and that is what matters!
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🙂
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Hauntingly beautiful! 🙂 🙂
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Thanks so much, Carol! 🙂
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