Jupiter!

Yes, the clouds parted last night and I saw Jupiter in the eastern sky at about 10 pm. After a day of heavy rain and heavier cloud cover, it was wonderful to see the night sky. What an unexpected pleasure to see the planet Jupiter framed by wispy clouds in the lower middle of this watercolor.


The cloud color is that glowing dull white (really pale blue gray) that provides such a sharp contrast to the blue-black night sky. There are a few pencil marks in this painting where I sketched in the complex cloud outlines in the dark.