How to fix a Watercolor

Cattle Point Light
Original Watercolor by Michele Cooper
Size: 5x7"       Price: $75 (with mat and sleeve)

Here's the corrected painting after I fixed my demonstration from this morning.

As you can see below, I removed a lot of the dead, overworked paint in the background trees. I lifted the dry previously painted area with a clean damp brush, gently scrubbing until enough was removed.

Once it dried, I reapplied softer, more varied middle tones and better tree shapes. I still wanted the contrast of the darker background against the white of the lighthouse, but with more atmospheric edges.

Bandon Lighthouse

Bandon Light
Original Watercolor by Michele Cooper
Size 5x7"   Sold
 
Here's an example of my "Warm/Cool--Light/Dark" method of painting the watercolor wash on a line drawing.

Lower left is the line work done with a Micron pen.