Let Time Help:

I always say...take time to look at your paintings over a few weeks...maybe even put it away and then bring it back out and then look at it for a few weeks. It will tell you a lot of things. Your own artwork will teach you more than other avenues can ever do.

Below are a few examples:

Karen: 

Karen observed a few things with the composition that she could tweak.

Watercolor isn't the easiest medium to make changes or correct problems, but, always try to "save" a painting if possible. Karen did well.

Reworked: 1) Trees were lengthened, 2) log value darkened, 3) A little blue in the green area and a little green in the blue area, 4) Grasses painted in front of the log, 5) Distant dark Mt lightened for more contrast with the tree....etc.

Original Watercolor...before reworking it.

Joni:

Below is the Plein Air painting I did. After looking at it for a while, I have decided I need to glaze over parts of it...to make the water shine with light and the two closer mountains step closer to the foreground (by adding a warm color...remember: warm colors advance and cool colors recede).

I applied clear water on the areas I wanted to Glaze (applying pigment over dry pigment). Remember when Glazing,  you need to use a transparent watercolor pigment so not to cover the color already there, but to add depth and shine.

 

First Original Painting before reworking it.

Reworked: warm color glazed over front hills and water. Applied clear water to areas I want to Glaze Acrylic Painting. I didn't like the brightness of this painting, so I glazed it with a transparent acrylic paint. I only did it to part of the painting to have as an example for classes.