Early this morning- Watercolor on paper

Early this morning Watercolor on paper

After reading about artist Tim Saternow in the Winter 2012 issue of American artist Watercolor magazine, I really liked his cityscapes and wanted to try adding dips on my watercolors. Watercolor is a very technical and precise medium and I have a tendency to get very controlling with it and I though adding drips afterwards might be a good way to loosen up a bit. I will try that same technique on a watercolor portrait see how it works.
Here are a few pictures of the painting in progress.

After drawing on my paper, and adding bits of resist where I want the paper to stay white, I make an under painting with mostly yellow ocher and a bit of green

I add dark greys to the picture and define a few windows with washes.

I start removing the resist and softening a few edges. I keep on adding darks.

I add more definition, mostly to the cars in the foreground. Paint a few bright colors for the red lights and street lights.

Here the fun begins, I splash water, then water mixed with watercolors randomly and wait for the paint to move and dry.

I remove some of the stains where I think they show too much, and here is the final painting.

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