Practise, Practise, Practise

Project 10 Exercise

There are a couple of things I like about this exercise:

• The sky, which I did differently from the instructions. I applied the blue dry in wet, then added some water to create some blossoms. This works particularly well on the Curry's 140-lb cold press paper (I tried it on rough paper and it didn't work.)
• The grass, which I painted with the same technique. I like the way the yellow separated from the blue to create interesting effects.
• The puddle really looks like a puddle even though my reflection is a bit off.

With this painting, I really felt I was making progress – taking off on my own for the first time.