Watercoloring a winter scene

 This week Linda is sharing this quick little video ( drying times excluded) from AhmadArt on YouTube. 

I did sketch a couple of lines with a soluble pencil for the water/reflection area. and added in some paint for the sky.

I was kind of in a hurry and walked away at this point until the next day. this is some Arches cold press watercolor paper and Daniel Smith paints.

Used the same color tried to make it more intense for the background mountain and realized it was way too bright so, I grabbed a paper towel and dabbed some off.

So, it wasn't that great but, it wasn't horrible so I kept it and kept going.

Added in the third hill. maybe a river streak. 

This first round of snow was some Dr. PH Martins bleed proof white. It pretty much faded away when dried so, the next bunch of snow is Winsor & Newton white gouache. 

I did honestly think it was kind of odd that the snow was on the bare tree branches like foliage so, I did mine a little tighter to the branches. Or in the shape the branches were growing I guess. 

My falling snow splatters are all on the very subtle side. I was considering adding some snowtex to this to pop that up and add some depth but, have left it alone so far. 

 The base on this is some Stampin Up blue bayou? something like that cut to A2 in real life. the Sentiment I had diecut a week or so ago and was in a little tray of things on the table.Its the Trendy Merry Christmas from the stamps of life and it looks like its on their to be retired list now. the base is Vellum PTI cardstock and the top layer is some Neenah solar white. That's about it from me, if you'd like to play along with us you can find this challenge here at SCS. Thanks for stopping by & Have  a Merry Christmas!