About "Homeward Bound"

A skiff fishing boat returns from their catch, as the day draws to a close. This is a pure watercolour in which I use both wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques to obtain different effects. To start, I applied a large wash of colour to wet paper to create the soft gradient in the distance. I left this initial wash to dry before adding the boat and ripples in the foreground, as working onto a dry surface allows me to achieve definition, as the paint should not bleed.