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Detail of Hi, yo, Yellow, an original watercolor by Woody Hansen
Hi Yo Yellow. DETAIL. Original watercolor by Woody Hansen
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This is another piece done as a result of the Henry Fukuhara Manzanar Watercolor Workshop. The location is the Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, CA.

I use my usual approach, a 3-value pencil sketch precedes the actual painting. The sketch is then used as a guide to develop the final watercolor. In this instance, the black line is drawn first, free hand, no preliminary pencil pattern, on the paper. With the ink line there is little room for mistakes. An eraser won’t work here. The watercolor is then put on in layers, with each layer allowed to become bone dry before adding the next layer.

One has to experience the Alabama Hills first hand as photographs, drawings, and paintings, only suggest the grandeur of the actual location. These “hills” are the movie home of my childhood heros, the Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore), Tonto (Jay Silverheels), and Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd). Here’s a link to some interesting information about the Alabama Hills.

A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty “Hi Yo Yellow” … err, … “Hi Yo SIL-ver, away, and the Lone Ranger rides again!”

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