The road is starting to wear on me - homesickness is closing in, but there's only a few days left. . . I wanted this one to be more successful, but it feels like it's borderline overworked already. I tried to accelerate the process by doing a lot of fills with the watercolor pencils early on, which allowed me to lay in a bunch of color quickly, but I think it lost some of the magic.
Also, I used a lot of black, which is a point of contention among many artists - those who say black should never be used, and those who believe it should be used judiciously.
In this case, I think the black flattens it, and muddies the colors, which would compliment better. This may have something to do with this particular black, I know there are subtle differences between the various ones.
Read on for the expert opinion:
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