Mixed Media: Green/Black 05/27-30/08

I started this piece around 5/27. While the paper was wet, I sprayed it with diluted black and diluted yellow watercolor paints. Because the paper was wet without it being taped down, the colors blended and pooled creating the effect you see here after it dried.
On 5/29 I added some coarse beach sand that I collected in Yachats, Oregon. I also placed a clear quartz crystal just above and to the right of center. I sprayed it with some diluted phtalo blue and diluted yellow watercolor paints, giving it a greenish tint.Here's a close-up shot of the dried painting the next morning. The crystal is more visible here. Notice how the color pools up in feather lines around the sand.

I removed the sand and crystal and this is what remains.