Diva Challenge 181: Water!

We have water this week, as our challenge from the Diva.

Something I've been wanting to figure out how to deconstruct is the lovely pattern swimming pool water makes in the sunshine.

I just love everything about it...the color, the randomness, the pattern, the motion, the freshness. There is something very blessed about being at a pool and seeing this play of water and sunlight. I'm working on how to create something reminiscent of this, and I want to do it justice.
Maybe I'll post something if I find a way to do it.

Meanwhile, the challenge has inspired me, and I did a few pieces. This is my favorite. I thought "pond" and went for it.

 Hollibaugh all around, and in the  middle I used crescent moon and printemps, because ponds always have ripples and concentric circles. The Hollibaugh has some umble between, here and there, and I put white dots in some of the spaces. I think Hollibaugh looks like a beaver dam, or like the flotsam you might find on the shores of a woodland pond. As I shaded this one, i found it looking more and more like a drop of water...though I'm not skilled at that, as I have seen some are. Still, wonder what adding white highlights in strategic places would do for it. I'll post again, if I decide to do something with that.





I also like this one a lot. Crest is the star, with msst in the background. I love how the shading brings out the depth.








This is a good challenge. I'm gonna have fun with it all week!