alaska sunlight - starting on final

Starting on the final version. For this, I started with a wet-on-wet underpainting of aureolin yellow in a few spaces to get the glow from the sky. When that dried, I soaked the paper, front and back (under light running water -- I'd rather have used a tray with a bath to keep the pressure of the water off the paint, but didn't have such available).

Then, as the paper started to dry down a little, I poured in some mixed red and red-violet from the prang set, and then poured in some straight violet to get the various colours. Pouring is a blast -- I love the way the paint flows around and off the paper. I did this a couple more times to get the depth and intensity the way I wanted it. I also applied more direct wet brush violet into the left hand area where the tree is going to be.

I was really pleased with the way this ended up.