Fish market watercolor painting

I wanted to try painting a different subject in watercolor.  I found this photo of a fish market which I though would make a good watercolor painting exercise.  It is not a complicated subject and is good for practicing value study and watercolor washes.  I found that I have trouble in doing interesting blacks and this watercolor subject with the amount of blacks creates more problem but it is the way to learn.  I used Ultra Marine Blue, Winsor Violet and Windsor Green mixture to create a deep black.  Sometime Payne’s Grey is also used in the mixture for a darker watercolor black.  I will search for more ways how watercolor artist create their blacks and will share it in a later blog.