I have to admit that I love painting both in oils and in watercolors. Luckily when I started painting I had no idea of the reputation that watercolor had for being hard to work with. If I had, I probably would have steered clear of it but I didn't hear that it was supposedly the hardest medium to work in until much later. By then, I realized the reputation was not earned. Sure, you can't scrape everything off at the end of the day if you don't like your painting but you can take it to the nearest sink and wash almost everything off.
You don't have to paint from light to dark as most people think. You can lift the darks and add light paint at another time. You can erase only it is called lifting. You can also get muddy colors but as one who enjoyed mud, I don't mind when colors get muted. Mother Nature doesn't mind either. Just look out any window on a cloudy day.
This painting was lots of fun to paint and I intentionally tried to use a muted palette. I especially loved the way the sky came together.
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