Painting a figure in your watercolor dominates the landscape. All eyes go to that person. What is he doing and who is that, are questions that come to mind. However, capturing an activity or posture can be quite rewarding. Including a person in your painting can also draw your eye into the picture, adding more depth.
This was painted on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper. I have experimented with other hot-pressed papers but this was the first painting I would say I have ever done on this surface. The paint behaves markedly differently on this surface. It is smooth paper and the pigment sits on the surface. From my experience, you have to learn when to stop painting on this surface, or you can make your picture worse. However, paint on this surface makes interesting marks once you get a feel for how to move the paint around.
When painting on this surface I find there is an enhanced clarity of forms and more vivid colors. Some artists use this paper to develop compositional studies or quickly record the figure.
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