For a final project, we're going to combine all of our new techniques and understanding about using watercolor layers to come up with a sea turtle composition. We're going to paint it monochromatic Lee. So we're all we're using one color. But we're going to be using different levels of transparency to create the the shading and the pattern. Here's another example of mature sea turtle. You can paint your final work as a greeting card, or you can paint a bigger version that you can then frame or keep in your sketchbook.

So we'll be using layers of transparency. Through this process we'll be working light to dark, and we'll be starting with a wash and then we'll define areas will add pattern and in our final layer, we will add lines to finish off the work. So that's our wash, Define Pattern and To build up a composition over a number of layers, rather than trying to get the whole work finished just in one layer, and that's what gives it this really graphic Look, there's a lot of depth to it. And this exercise really helps to get you thinking with that watercolor mindset, thinking about the end game, and how you need to work over a number of layers to get to the final visual outcome.