Night sky

The night sky is difficult to capture in watercolor. That sense of vast, infinite darkness above seems to have nothing in common with a medium created to reflect light and sparkle. The challenge pushes the medium to abstraction as shown in this little painting done about 9:30 pm facing west last night.


Broken clouds drifting across space, planets twinkling in darkness, dark beauty of the night sky. I'm sure the 400,000 people without power aren't appreciative.