How to Pull a Watercolor Painting Together

I believe that every painting I create draws upon the toolbox of strategies I've filled over the years. With every painting session, techniques were refined and further tools for creating an interesting, impactful watercolor painting were discovered. And that toolbox has come in mighty handy over the years! Today, when I paint, I rely on all the strategies that have been internalized, a sort of muscle memory for painting that doesn't take logical thought as much as intuitive guidance. The idea of creative flow that is drawn upon to inform the techniques and tools I have at my disposal. All through #worldwatercolormonth I've been using the same reference photo, adding my knowledge of the scene to my store of creative inspiration, and today I'm carrying on with that pattern, painting the prompt of FRAGMENT as the practice of assembling the pieces of what I've done in the past, what I know how to do, and what I want to learn and do better - all of these things come together and that's what makes every painting unique! My friends on YouTube are participating in today's #worldwatercolormonth2023 painting prompt as well for the #worldwatercolormonthvideochallenge Use this link to see what they posted today! https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/world... The World Watercolor Month shop is open until July 31! All profits go to supporting the International Child Art Foundation: https://worldwatercolormonth.com/shop/ Supplies Used today: (some links below are affiliate links - thank you for supporting my channel!) Paint - ‪@DANIELSMITHArtistColor‬ Mars Orange Deep, from Blick Art Materials: https://bit.ly/3G1WBZZ ‪@schmincke_official‬ Transparent Green Gold https://bit.ly/33Pm9Xl ‪@Sennelier‬ Turquoise Green https://bit.ly/3CY5uEj Paper: ‪@Hahnemuehle‬ The Collection Cold Press block 9x12 in, 300 gsm: https://bit.ly/444JdAR Schmincke Liquid Charcoal Cherry Pit Black: https://bit.ly/3XOhlOY Lyra Aquacolor Sticks Night Green purchase from Blick Art Materials: https://bit.ly/3ONcVW0 Lebenzon Paintbrushes - 1.5 inch medium goat/synthetic wangi brush https://bit.ly/3oXLOsq (Use code ANGELA and get this month's special offer!) General Sketching pencil 4B https://bit.ly/3PV5EUS 12 round kolinsky sable brush, ‪@RosemaryCoArtistBrushes‬