![A crab wearing a little castle on his shell](https://penn.staging.annabunch.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/19.01crabby.jpeg)
![](https://penn.staging.annabunch.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/19.01crabbyunderpainting.jpeg)
This painting was an experiment with underpainting in watercolor, which while it is a thing I absolutely adore, I usually forget about until I’m well into the painting itself.
It’s such a fun technique, and it ends up unifying the painting, and giving you a strong value structure to work on from the outset.