Turkey Hierapolis Pamukkale
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On our holiday to Turkey we managed to visit the thermal springs at Hierapolis and to see the startling white travertine terraces at nearby Pamukkale.
This was certainly a challenge to portray the terraces in a watercolour painting and hopefully by using gesso I was able to give some impression of the terraces.
I initially painted gesso on the watercolour paper to give some texture to the painting, then using an embossing tool scored the detail of the limestone terraces. Once this was dry a diluted layer of watercolour paint was applied to bring out the detail of the terraces.
This was certainly a challenge to portray the terraces in a watercolour painting and hopefully by using gesso I was able to give some impression of the terraces.
I initially painted gesso on the watercolour paper to give some texture to the painting, then using an embossing tool scored the detail of the limestone terraces. Once this was dry a diluted layer of watercolour paint was applied to bring out the detail of the terraces.
Tags
Pamukkale
Turkey
Hierapolis
Cotton Castle
Limestone
Carbon dioxide
White travertine terrace
Thermal spring
spa
hot springs
White calcuium carbonate
plateau
Travertine terraces
