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| Mt Ruapehu - waterccolour |
When I was in New Zealand last year a snowstorm hit the Central Plateau just before I got there. The desert road opened just before I drove north from Taihape and the mountains were as beautiful as I have seen them.
Sun shone on the snow-covered slopes as I drove very slowly along the icy roads and I stopped to paint a watercolour of the view across to Mount Ruapehu.
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| Red canvas beginning |
The painting was a pretty good approximation of what I saw except that the tussock grass was not as bright as it remained in my memory.
Earlier this year I painted Ruapehu again based on the watercolour. This time I used acrylic and a palette knife which seemed appropriate considering the rocky angular structure of my subject. I started with a red canvas as there has been so much red-brown in the desert scene.
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| Mt Ruapehu - acrylic on canvas |
