After looking at the big watercolor of the canyon above our fireplace, I brought it down to work on again. I realized a couple of things....
I didn't save any white paper (oh my!);
I created mud by painting complimentary colors over each other (OMG!)
and I roughed up the paper a little by scrubbing (ick!)
Since the colors were dead looking, I thought it would be fun to do pastel over it to see if I could jazz it up a bit. Above is just the lower portion of the painting. I'm adding in the stream in the canyon (which I flooded like it was full of water when it was a trickle!).
Working large is a difference concept for me. So, this time, I think I'll take it back to the fireplace to inspect at each stage of my work as it progresses.
