I avoided some real muddiness in this one by rinsing the drawing under the tap before painting it. This was a pretty terrible idea and washed away some of the subtlety of the lines (not that there was a whole lot, but I could tell. Maybe it more transformed the lines and shades a bit rather than washed out some subtlety.) I think I might go and try again with just watercolor or just charcoal, and leave them separate.
I am really enjoying drawing clouds and mountains. For someone who struggles with, or at least worries about, figure ground relationships, it is very nice to draw something that sort of lacks a clear figure ground. I guess mostly I am talking about the clouds, when they reach a certain point where the entire sky is cloud covered it negates the relationship.
Tags: flowers, landscape, still life
