For some time I have been meaning to plunge into a watercolor without much planning and this is what I have to show for it. Mentally, I broke the composition down into thirds(as in a third of the paper), made a pencil mark and started painting.
Actually, this is how I have been painting smaller landscapes for over a year with either one third of the composition dedicated to the sky or the landscape. If the sky is really interesting that area becomes more dominant but usually the landscape is two-thirds of the painting. I find this approach pleasing to the eye as the landscape has much variation with it color changes or gradations of light.
On the top of the sky I did have a mishap with too much red looking like a blob. I was able to lift most of the pigment out after it dried with a scrubber.
I do love the simple contours of the land and the vibrancy of the colors.
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