this painting is made of epic fail when it comes to the shading. i blame this partly on my lack of lighting knowledge and partly on the fact that id never used hotpress watercolor paper before, so i didnt realize how unfriendly it is toward blending layers of color.

size is about 8x10, slightly larger than i usually work... took probably, i dunno, two hours or so. ive given up timing paintings since im usually distracted by tv or AIM or whatnot while painting.