Garden Gate

Garden Gate
Original Watercolor
11 x 15

This poem by Amber A Whitman was an inspiration for the painting of this original watercolor. Enjoy a walk in the garden.

The Garden Gate

Open the garden gate
Butterflies float gently on the breeze as they flutter by
Emerald tones of grass blanket the ground.
Rose's trail and twist on the broken trellis.
Petals glisten and radiate rainbow blooms
Tiny birds flit across your path
The sun warms your face.
This is utopia
Open the garden gate

by

Amber A Whitman

Garden Gate

The take-out containers for salad dressing are great for pouring masking fluid into. It will keep for 3-4 weeks. Yes, I have became my mother and recycle little containers!


In Garden's Gate the whites were saved by painting on masking fluid. I then started adding variegated washes (three - I wasn't happy with the color). In the last wash I added water bursts to the blue to make it look distant. I wish I would have made the fence go out farther on the left side. Oops! too late. I guess I will add a lot of foliage and flowers to disguise if I can.