Sketch Flowers Over The Abstract Watercolor Landscape To Improve It!

In the last 5 or so months as I’ve upped my sketchbook game considerably, I’ve also been slowly mastering the art of fixing mistakes, as pages in a sketchbook should depict a journey, but in my case not the stumbles, I prefer to forget about those! So, while my other fixes have been via paper collage or acrylic paint, fixing a watercolor landscape that isn’t pleasing is actually a fun creative endeavor, as once you realize that the not so great watercolor sketch becomes a background for something else, ahhhh, the fun can begin. On a whim I decided to sketch a few large flowers not in proportion to the scale of the little brightly colored landscape watercolors, and I just love the accidental success of it! Now, covering a spread in my watercolor sketchbook is not four little landscapes as planned, but something more akin to a wall mural, so take a look and keep this in mind if you ever find yourself in a similar situation (which I hope you do!)

I added the flowers as well as the trees….and enhanced other elements with colored pencil and pen.

Maybe not perfect, but a great result for 2 pages that hadn’t quite found their place in the world!  And these creative explorations are what sketchbooking or art journaling should be all about, maybe I’ve finally arrived?