For this weeks painting I decided to rework another of the older images I had that I knew I could improve on.  It was an image I had painted probably four years ago as a gift.  It was probably half the size of the new one and on what I have now decided to be my less preferred paper.  The below image is also not of very good quality as it is a photograph of the image whilst it was behind glass in a frame.  It was more for my own records then to accurately represent the painting.

I have enjoyed using a more subtle process with this image.  The colours are softer and more blended into the image then they have been in recent paintings.  I was able to explore white open spaces in the image also.  Leaving the fence, parts of the gravel and sky bare paper was very valuable experience for me.  I have found myself over saturating an image with colour and not leaving myself much room to darken or lighten the image.  So this excercise was a good way for me to take a closer look at this.

I feel that this image is a good indication of where this challenge has taken my use of watercolour.  I have become more more confident and decisive while painting and follow the process relatively quickly.  I am feeling like I can now take on larger and more detailed images confidently.