Original Abstract Watercolor Painting

This is an original watercolor abstract landscape painting.  Watercolors really lends itself to creating some fun and very interesting paintings.  Landscapes are ideal for abstract painting in watercolors because nature itself does not have straight lines or perfect edges or perfectly focused elements depending on your vantage point.  This particular painting was done wet into wet.  Simply put, I wet the paper first, then added a wet brush with the colors needed.  When you use wet into wet, it can be difficult to control.  The paint travels wherever the paper is wet.  Word of caution, never try to control watercolors completely.  Part of their beauty is their unexpected runs, or blobs of paint or bleeding into each other.  Really, if you look at it, the unexpected travels of the colors does mirror real nature to a degree.  Point of fact, we really can not control nature completely anyway.  We simply allow it to do what it does and marvel in its beauty.  I would recommend painting smaller sizes if you want to experiment with wet into wet.  Maybe 8" X 10".  Smaller pieces are easier to control a bit and the blank page does not seem as daunting.  Give it a try. You may be pleasantly surprised.