52nd National Catalog

TINA BOHLMAN FIXER UPPER

Fixer Upper is an old two-story house in a historic district of Galveston, Texas. The late afternoon light casting long shadows on the building stopped me in my tracks! I quickly sketched a small value and composition study, then, starting with light values in the sky and background, I established a pattern of sunlight and shadow based on my value sketch. At that point, I was committed to the composition and didn’t make changes even though it was a race with the sun as the light continued to shift. My process is traditional in that I paint from light values to dark ones, reserving the white of the paper for the brightest accents.

16” x 16” — Watercolor $1,800

TINA BOHLMAN • WAOW Signature • TX • www.tinabohlman.com Native Texan Tina Bohlman, painting professionally for 50 years, is often seen painting in the historic districts of her home town of Waxahachie Texas. Self taught, this award-winning artist prefers watercolor but occasionally works in oil. A frequent guest artist for painting demonstrations and workshops, her work is collected worldwide with her originals in private and corporate collections in 34 states, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Republic of Benin, West Africa.

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