This was a fairly fast watercolor done from a pencil sketch that was also a quickie. The idea here was to turn a sketch on file into a complete painting. This is good practice for a fluid painting with a lot of wet on wet moving into adjacent areas of color, yet leaving enough white paper to maintain a bright and airy impression. The lines of movement are pretty strong and it is clear where the lighting is coming from. These are the kinds of things you look for in a layout. Easier to do when the composition is kept simple rather than when there is a lot of detail. Let the accidents of the water and paint suggest some of the detail you were intending. Done on 9" x 12 " Canson 140 lb paper. You can see a detail closeup of the house if you switch to the Thumbnails page above.
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