Master Painters of the World 109Spring, transparent watercolor, 16 x 12" (41 x 31 cm)
I was walking to a nearby river on a warm, spring day. I was surrounded by the happiness of bathing ducks, water ripples, cherry blossoms that
started to scatter and the light of the sun shining off the water. The composition places the duck as the protagonist in the lower center and the
upper part of the composition shows the expression of the water. Masking water highlights and depiction of ducks are important to the overall
composition. In addition to brushes, salt, sponge and sandpaper are used when I paint the bottom of the river. I used a pen when masking details.