Cold Reflection

I find water reflections such fun to explore. They can be detailed mirror images, soft reflections, or quite abstract (as in my previous tiger painting, see post August 15.)
Here I am aiming for a soft reflection which I think adds to the feeling of cold stillness in the painting.

I start by blocking in the colors. The darkest colors of the block of ice will be lighter in the reflection and the lightest will be darker, all toned by the water color.

All the reflection colors are painted and you can see the start of the soft blending of them on the right side of the reflection.

Breaking up the reflection with frozen chunks (with their own reflections) completes this section.