For my watercolor class assignment last week, I painted a series of watercolors with stormy skies, inspired by our winter weather. I began by painting some wind-tossed trees, and I liked the watercolor a lot. Unfortunately, it suffered from the beginner’s mistake of painting objects in an even row, with no variation in spacing. So for my next attempts, I separated the trees on two sides of the painting and added a barn and some cows to give a sense of scale. I first made a black-and-white watercolor, on the suggestion of our teacher, then I made several color versions.
