Watercolor Final, rough draft

The final project for my watercolor class (worth 20% of the grade for the term) is due next Friday. Last week my teacher gave feedback on my rough draft: 1) "great idea, do not abandon it," and 2) "every element has to have a reason related to the piece's central idea."

Following up on earlier assignments about a "veil" obscuring an expanded set of possibilities, the final piece involves a cut-paper design which floats 2 inches above a landscape. The latter was originally planned to be the aerial view of a river (plus water-dwelling critters) painted on a 5-foot-long rectangle. "Sounds more like a 6-month project than a 6-day one," was another bit of (accurate) feedback! One can try for a simplified version this week and continue the series in a future class.

For the present, the curly wire legs holding up the hoops are "history." Ditto the brown paper border beneath the river...

In this rough draft version of the final installation, interlocking freeway cloverleafs form a veil obscuring the view below.

A freeway interchange hovers as a "veil" obscuring the view of the river beneath. Threads from above will replace the wire legs.