Well, I put my "in progress" watercolor canyon painting on the mantle to analyze it. My husband and I both agree it looks better up close than from across the room. The mantle is high, and viewing it is going to be from a distance. It just isn't working right now. Maybe I'll start over on the back side of the paper. But for now....the pastels are calling! The watercolor project fueled the desire to paint a different scene I photographed on that trip to Moab, Utah.
I started with a watercolor underpainting. Now I am adding pastel. You can still see the watercolor areas on the right side and bottom. I want to go slow with this and be sensitive to the watercolor shapes that did their own thing...rather than trying to copy the photo exactly.
