I was fooling around with watercolor underpaintings today – the painting on the right was first, with watercolor washes put in and then dark and warm areas highlighted with pastel pencils. I decided it was too linear and harsh-looking so I put the whole thing in the sink and washed it off, letting the color flow wherever. The underpainting on the left is the final one. I like the softness of the edges and will try to keep that feeling in my pastel layering. I might even let the composition morph into something non-representational.
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