Cherry Lemon and Turquoise

Cherry, Lemon and Turquoise

This piece was created as part of a series of watercolors created for #WorldWatercolorMonth. Each day featured a theme for the day. The bright colors were originally going to be an underpainting for a colorful sky sunset, but when I saw them upside down, it looked more like a beach and as soon as I read the theme of Cherry, Lemon and Turquoise, I knew what that it was going to be a beach scene, not a sunset.

Today I am busy about the work part of art, getting them listed in my database and prepared for sale. And of course, as always on Monday, it is a #microblogmondays. A special welcome to those visiting from challenge.

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The work part, entering in the database and prepping for sale

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Water’s Edge.

My latest watercolor was one of the many almost finished paintings that have collected at the “afraid to ruin it stage”.  As I first played around with the idea of posting works in progress I took this picture of its early stages.

I was so very pleased with how the water looked.  This lead to me starting several other paintings with water with  the predictable result that I improved with practice. Now I look at this water and wish it looked better.

I thought about going in and trying to rework the water, but decided that it was finished. The going in and reworking stands a much great chance of ruining what I have here.

There is a balance between my new-found joy at being able to go back into a watercolor painting and reworking it to pieces. So here it is, my latest work, At the Water’s Edge.