Sometimes the absence of color can really work to your advantage. When painting water in the distance it often is either, misty or faint in coloration. This area is best left with soft edges. Also, it can create a greater sense of distance.
In contrast, smooth, rich saturation of color in the foreground can bring a lot of excitement to your painting. I am continually experimenting between these two extremes in landscape painting. The other aspect in landscape painting which has begun to capture my imagination consciously or not is the sense of space in a picture. The simpler the composition the more powerful one can be drawn into the atmospheric characteristics of a landscape.
What I like about this watercolor is the smooth, rich coloration with just a few washes of pigment. The freshness of paint one can achieve in watercolor is unlike any other medium.
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