Watercolor Paintings of Autumn by Raleigh NC Fine Artist

Watercolor Paintings of Autumn

More paintings of beautiful North Carolina fall! I love the colors of North Carolina Fall. Last year, I did many plein air paintings during the fall. Plein air pieces are normally quarter to half sheet in size. I wanted to capture autumn’s glory on larger scale. So I painted below pieces in my studio. All the paintings were painted on full sheet of Arches Cold Press 140 lb paper. Due to the scale of the paintings and the amount of water I used, I had to stretch the paper. I have tried different ways of stretching the paper. The only stretching technique that has worked for me is Nita Engle’s technique. Nita has shared this technique in her book. This technique keeps the paper flat during the painting process. Arches Cold Press paper, once stretched, is a joy to use. It takes the washes and lifting well.

I have been trying new paints, and papers. And although I have achieved good results on variety of surfaces, I have liked Saunders and Arches papers the best. For drawings, I have recently started using Stonehenge paper and love it.  One of the new surface I have tried this year is Ampersand Aquabord, This is certainly a unique surface which I will be writing about later.

The paintings below are from the Durant Nature Park and other areas of Raleigh NC.

– Tesh Parekh

Fine Artist

www.TeshParekhArt.com