With preparing for dance performances, recovering from dance performances and gardening three days a week, I decided that a new painting for April just wasn't going to happen. So I pulled out an oldie but goodie.
This is from a Plow and Hearth catalog from a few years ago. I was fascinated by the colors in the photograph of the pitcher and wondered if I could represent it in watercolor.
I was worried about accidentally making the color of the margarita mix too strong so I painted thin layers of lime or yellow color over the drink mix over and over till I was satisfied. I tend to be timid in my colors and often layer because of this fear, but in this case it worked well and gave the liquid mixture in the pitcher the depth it needed.
