Feb 20th: Watercolor Landscape

I started painting on the background that I like the least. Mostly because it can only go uphill from here. Right? These are the things I tell myself. I didn't do much. I decided that more than anything, this botched wash looks like a sunset or twilight. So I commenced with painting some water. Prussian blue, black and a little bit of crimson. Water can be hard. Especially when it comes to reflections and waves. But this water is fairly still so... not so difficult. Even though it's best to mask out a section that you know is going to be white, I didn't have that luxury. So I took some Chinese white and made a moon. At least I think it's a moon. Might be a sun. I was thinking twilight because the salt spots kinda look like stars. The awesome part is that the wash behind the waves just makes it look like the reflection of the sky. Good times. I think I might add a ship or palm trees or something tomorrow.