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I've been practicing watercolor for about a year, mostly following tutorials, but I'm struggling to move beyond flat washes and achieve more depth and texture in my landscapes. Specifically, I want to master techniques like wet-on-wet blending for skies and glazing for building up rich colors without making the paper muddy or overworked. For more experienced watercolor artists, what is your step-by-step approach to planning and executing a painting that uses multiple techniques? How do you control the amount of water on your brush and paper to get predictable results, and what's your strategy for correcting mistakes or lifting color when a layer doesn't turn out as intended?

Great goal. Start with a tight, two-technique exercise: sky with wet-on-wet, land with glazing. Pick one subject, limit your palette to 4-5 colors, and map out which layer goes first. Build a tiny landscape on 9x12 to keep it learnable.