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Message: <blockquote data-quote="solitaryVSong" data-source="post: 1533482" data-attributes="member: 77930">Well the last 24 hours have been a struggle and a half. I took some photos of very cooperative Piping Plovers last spring. Yesterday I tried my second small watercolor. Though the plovers completely disappear in the sand when seen  from a distance in these closeup photos they stood out as bright white spots against a sand of contrasting orange and blue casts.So I thought I'd try to capture the color of the sand as well as the birds. I hoped for a bright fresh watercolor. Well you  can see the results. It turned out to be more a dark, muddy watercolor that no longer gives much indication of sand. But in trying  to rescue the overall painting I changed the background in  such a way that it looks more like hills. Still you learn from your mistakes so I hope this will be a learning experience.I may head out later today for some fieldsketching. I do want to continue it. Unfortunately the birds around my urban home are not too plentiful. So all work from life, outside of the flighty hummingbird, requires a drive somewhere.</blockquote>