I've been working on some smaller watercolors this summer. The watercolors are part of a project that Katria and I are working on. She's using a salt printing process for her photographs. We'll show them this fall. I'm using a couple different blacks. I found that Lamp Black is flatter and cooler. It seems to recede. A sky painted with Lamp Black seems to look so much further away. Mars Black is warmer and has a granular texture, especially when painted into a wet area. I use it to give a roughness to the foliages.

The small scale has been amenable to my schedule this summer. I've been having trouble staying focused on larger pieces. I seem to lose sight of the initial vision after many interuptions before I reach the end. Any advice?