World Inspired Landscapes: Denmark

I have not visited most of the countries in the World Inspired Landscapes series save a few such as Barbados, Brazil and Canada of course. I actually went to Denmark about a decade ago, there are a few blogs on it including the one showing emerald waters. The guide book I borrowed from the library mentioned some interesting chalk cliffs that are very photogenic and touristy. Many Danish artists have painted the cliffs on the island Møns Klint, but it seemed a little too cliche for my series. None the less, I just suggested the brilliant white chalk cliffs off on the distant horizon in the painting. The rest of the landscape shows gently rolling fields of grass with sparse beech trees and a breezy atmosphere. This was the general lay of the land when I searched google earth across Denmark.
 

 In the last post I wrote about mixing shades of green with a demonstration piece. In the Denmark painting I used many of the those colour mixes to create a variety of golden greens and cool blues. The painting was designed to make the fields of grass almost feel like waves of water. Denmark is a series of islands surrounded by the sea.  It seems like the protected their coast line since there wasn't too much development and the beaches all seemed very natural. So the painting tired to capture that feeling of airy meadows and pastures near the sea.

World Inspired Landscapes: Denmark version 1, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, February 2022 (No. 2979b)