I really didn't want to paint anything that was too simple or too complicated, so I choose this photo to trace and reference from my DA favs. I liked the clouds and simple shapes on the horizon line. I also liked that there was a splash of color in the foreground. It was much easier to paint and trace this on such large paper. I tried doing a warm up on a small sheet and couldn't access much detail. I probably spent 30-40 minutes tracing this on Lucy and then another 4.5 on watercoloring. I really wanted to take my time and build it up layer by layer with drying time in between.
I'm satisfied with the outcome, but wish that I could have gotten some even darker values into the clouds. I had to blot some of the pigment up at the end so that it would dry faster. I didn't want to risk transporting wet media. I also agreed with the critique in class today that I should have spent more time defining the boats, but I felt like I needed to finish faster again. I took Rusty's advice as well when it came to taking the tape of the edges - to pull sideways - which I think worked well. To be safe, I also stuck the tape to the table first and then lifted it off to get rid of some of the initial stick. Some of the paper still lifted off, but relatively less than before.
I think that so far, this is the best one I did in class and even more so because of the scale. Definitely frame-worthy, I think!
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