Months of sketching Rome turned into one drawing. Here’s the main plate of my final 7 week project this semester. Please gimme your thoughts. 🙏

I’m currently studying abroad in Rome, and for this studio project I decided to push the brief in a more personal direction. The original program felt a bit limiting, so I developed my own concept and narrative instead. This plate for me was experimenting with framing a layered composition, needing to navigate lots of moving parts and separating them in different ways, while remaining in the same whole. using ink on the scrolls, playing with warm and cool tones, pushing lights and darks to show depth on page etc. I’m still relatively new to watercolor, so I’d really appreciate any feedback or critique, especially on the rendering and composition. Thanks for taking a look