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Well, here it is - the finished piece (WIPs and the reference photo can be seen here and here )

I really enjoyed painting this one. I think I'm starting to get to grips with watercolour, although I know there's still a lot for me to learn, and it was really refreshing doing a completely different subject. I've seen paintings of wet streets before and I wanted to give it a go myself with the Christmas lights and the reflections on the pavement - I got so wet wandering around the town taking my reference pictures

I would like to thank in particular for the invaluable help in getting the perspective right in the first stages. Your advice helped to improve this so much from my initial drawing and has made me feel much more satisfied with the finished piece I am always open to more advice and critique, so everyone please feel free to offer any suggestions/comments on things you think could be improved on

As I say, it's nowhere near perfect, but I'm pretty pleased with it as a first attempt at a street scene

EDIT: I realised soon after uploading this that it might be improved by fading the furthest buildings a bit to create depth (I saw an impressive painting of a street scene here on dA and it hit me that there was no depth to my little scene). I used a little bit of watercolour and some coloured pencil to fade it out slightly. I think it's an improvement, hopefully you all agree!

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Watercolours
Slightly smaller than A4

Description
Well, here it is - the finished piece (WIPs and the reference photo can be seen here and here )

I really enjoyed painting this one. I think I'm starting to get to grips with watercolour, although I know there's still a lot for me to learn, and it was really refreshing doing a completely different subject. I've seen paintings of wet streets before and I wanted to give it a go myself with the Christmas lights and the reflections on the pavement - I got so wet wandering around the town taking my reference pictures

I would like to thank in particular for the invaluable help in getting the perspective right in the first stages. Your advice helped to improve this so much from my initial drawing and has made me feel much more satisfied with the finished piece I am always open to more advice and critique, so everyone please feel free to offer any suggestions/comments on things you think could be improved on

As I say, it's nowhere near perfect, but I'm pretty pleased with it as a first attempt at a street scene

EDIT: I realised soon after uploading this that it might be improved by fading the furthest buildings a bit to create depth (I saw an impressive painting of a street scene here on dA and it hit me that there was no depth to my little scene). I used a little bit of watercolour and some coloured pencil to fade it out slightly. I think it's an improvement, hopefully you all agree!

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Watercolours
Slightly smaller than A4