One of my methods of painting a still-life watercolor
Step-by-step still-life watercolor painting demonstration
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I continued adding colors to the different areas of the composition one layer at a time, As I change one element, another would strike me as needing refinement. This became a continual process as I matched up the watercolor painting to my minds eye. This was how I could make the painting more detailed, interesting, and achieve a certain perfection.
This was the time to push the painting to fullness. I worked on defining the darkest area, the brightest area and other areas in between, to complete the balance.
This painting was completed in about one and a half hours.
Painting the still-life Setting up the props