Caroline chose a large sheet of water colour paper and liberally applied water to the surface, the subject was a beautiful forest scene with reflections in a lake.
With a mid sized pointed brush, for the background the Quink was diluted and as it hit the paper burst into the damp surface, some of the colour ran down the paper and Caroline picked areas to mottle and form the reflection in the lake area. As the paper dried, tree trunks were added, still with the diluted Quink.
Once this was fairly dry a less diluted solution of the Quink was used to create nearer trees, however Caroline flicked water over the paper so some areas again burst into the water giving a beautiful soft effect in certain parts.
Caroline used a rigger brush to add smaller twigs and branches gradually thinning as they went up the tree and into the distance. The background began to disappear and look very misty, all the time she gradually built up the reflections in the lake.
To give that extra punch undiluted Quink was used to add the the nearer trees, a line added for the shadow of the lake giving a real 3D effect, every brush stoke was quick and loose, following the patterns of the leaves. Water was flicked, then Quink was flicked so areas burst out or stayed dark. It was important to allow some areas to remain white this allowed light through the trees and gave power to the dark Quink.
