Around the Bend

Watercolour painting: Small green fir sapling with red shrub, leafless birch trees, person on path toward blue and grey mountains. Title: Around the Bend by Marie Preston — Around the Bend (watercolour & ink) ©2022 Marie Preston

Original watercolour and ink illustration
240 gsm Aqua watercolour paper

Illustration size: A6 | 11 x 16 cm | 4.375 x 6.25 inch | Quarter page
Paper size: A5 | 15 x 21 cm | 5.875 x 8.25 inch | Half page

I met my husband out on the trail—he started early and I followed later. He found me sketching as the sun was about to set behind Stor Kringl in Rondane National Park. We walked back to the car in sunset colours—another fine day as artist in residence in Folldal, Norway. I finished this painting over several live-stream sessions on my Twitch channel, back at the artist apartment.

Person sitting on lichen-covered ground, against the sun, drawing. Mountains in the background — Marie drawing in Rondane national park, Norway. Photo courtesy of Soldrevet.