Big beautiful cumulus

02/21/12, 2 pm, looking south

These lovely cumulus clouds drifted over central Virginia in the afternoon punctuated by glimpses of cerulean and ultramarine blue sky. This sky feels almost like a summer sky. It has all the makings, tall cumulus with violet shadows, pure blues in the sky, and crisp white cloud tops. What it doesn't have (thank goodness!) is the heat and humidity.


The pebbly texture in the blue in the lower right is the rough watercolor paper. Little pools of pigment dry in the rough paper to create the effect. I know I've said this before but I really like rough watercolor paper.