Thank you also for the positive feedback on my “Golden Brushstrokes.” You may not like it as much now that the next layer went on and some of that beauty got covered up. But time will reveal whether this piece in progress becames just another expression of my inner process & a learning piece or it ends up as something I’m proud to show off. Either way, I appreciate having the space in my art to express authentically; really, it’s the only way to go for me. I’d say I get 90+% good stuff that way, and the “rejects” are worth the extra magic I get in the bulk of the “keepers.”

Thank you so much for your critique/analysis of RIPPLE. I love managing the fade-ins and fade-outs for art like this. My concern when I was working on it was that the main image didn’t have enough heft to be by itself. I added the white to pop it off the background, but (happy accident) depending on how soft or hard I made it, or on which sides I placed it, I found it also anchored the main shape. From there it was a matter of handling the spars. I wanted them touching the edges for stability, but in a way that allowed the art freedom to breathe and move.

In the final case (the right side) you varied the theme by providing faded striping in the background that reflected the feeling of the massive downcurve (rather than following out of an existing line element) and once again draw the eye back into the piece. Great job!

Regarding your new painting, wet on wet was always my favorite watercolor technique, too. I hope you were pleased with the way it turned out. Feel free to include a link to your work. Everybody is curious now!