Demonstration by Nancy Meadows Taylor of a watercolor painting

This is a "working title" as the painting itself often suggests the title during its development. The image is one I observed and photographed a few years ago on a trip to Bermuda. I loved the abstractions of the composition, the broad shapes against the calligraphic ones and the drama it evokes.

(click image to enlarge)	Stage 1 - Working on tracing paper, the drawing is established and fleshed out into a full scale value study which will be my guide as the painting is developed. Paper size: 29½" x 41"
(click image to enlarge)	Stage 2 - With the paper fully wet, I brush in a warm and a cool color, manipulating the flow into general areas of light and shadow, allowing them to blends with soft edges - the painting needs to dry completely or "cure" before continuing.
	Stage 3 - This stage is actually where I begin building the image on top of the underpainting as I had begun in Stage 2. This installment is just a continuation of that. Notice that I begin with images at the back of my picture plane and work toward the front.
	In this stage I have continued to fill in the details of the background, building up the negative areas. As the image fills out, I must admit that I miss the abstraction of the earlier stages.
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