r/watercolorpencilart

Honestly, this is my third-ever watercolor pencil creation. Using Staedler Noris Aquarelle but, try as I might, couldn't get the sky to darken to make the aurora stand out more. Any hints, either to fix this one or on how to do it if I start over?

Would love to somehow work the stars from the reference pic in, would dropping another paint on work for those?

We have a lot of plants in the living room and had a set of frames my mother bought us because she doesn't like white walls. My wife thought we should repurpose those frame with some tropical birds.

This is what I came up with.

My latest painting. Part of my Cuban series.

I also put some progress shots for those interested.

Really enjoyed painting this and it gave me some ideas.

Think I'll make a series.

I think it's done.

As always going to wait till tomorrow and look at it with fresh eyes before I decide.

If you see anything that should be changed, fixed, added, please say so.

I'm not very happy with the shirt but as I was trying to fix it it almost became worse so I stopped.

I'm fairly certain I can do better next time so it's a win.

Pencil and watercolor pencil

second picture taking outside to try to get some clearer lighting, might go back in and rework this at some point. Definitely learned some more about watercolor pencils though, I'm more used to acrylic.