Whoa. O_O Nice!

I haven't used (or seen for that matter) watercolors for over a decade.

Looks like you made the best of them here. The colors blend in pretty well with each other. Pretty impressive on my part. :3

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Watercolors! You're good with 'em.

The hills look a bit fuzzy with Sky-Like colors but otherwise great job.

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Thanks buddeh.

I'm still learning how to wash and have nice, crisp lines in the same painting in watercolor. x.x;

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Unfortunately, I think the best way to go as far as not making your paper warp is the tape/wood approach. I've never heard of any other working methods before. Even so, it doesn't require too much patience. It mostly requires finding wide tape (artist or masking tape is best) and a safe flat surface that won't bend if it gets a little wet.

If you're willing to spend a little extra, though, you can try getting some 'block' watercolor paper: [link]

As far as critique on the piece, I want to say the stars should pop more since they can't be seen too well, but unfortunately this is watercolor and there's not much one can really do about that, except make the sky darker or put something on the paper that won't absorb water. Use glue or metallic marker before you use the watercolor, maybe? Or perhaps use a white acrylic/gouache/gel pen to dot them in once you're done with the watercolor.

The other thing is, to most watercolor artists using the real black or white watercolors is virtually taboo. ; They're only supposed to be used under special circumstances, or else they tend to muddy up the picture. For black, it's best to use very dark blue, purple, brown, or a mix of any of those. For absolute white, use the white of the paper, and to make light colors, add more water to color you need.

I actually read up a technique for stretching the paper, was dipping it in water for a couple of minutes, and then spreading it onto a plastic sheet like wallpaper.

Yeah, they don't pop as much because the paper was still wet when I was painting them on. xD; not a good idea o-o

And I saw a book and this one watercolor artist used a lot of black. O.o; Oh well. xD

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You're sure they used a lot of black? They may have been good at emulating it, but so far everywhere I've studied watercolor I've been told to avoid using the black paint...

Well that's what I saw. [link] <-- This guy seems to use black.

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I like the color of the sky, but for the hills.. black is really iffy to use in watercolor.. I think a really really solid, dark blue would have worked better, and in that some black would been alright. It's just because in some places it looks washy- and the black turns to grey, and it all looses it's richness, especially in something like a night landscape.

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