Another Watercolour Makeover

I did this watercolour practice piece by way of a combination of tutorials and examples from books.   I liked my sky.  The birds turned out well.   The trees and hills in the background were okay and the reflection in the water was pleasing.  Then I added the grassy area in the foreground.   It was too clumpy,  too blotchy,  too uniform.  Another piece to be hidden away until I could no longer see my mistakes.   

After a few years in my disastrous art folder, I recently dragged it back out and sadly thought much the same as when I hid it away.  So I started playing with a matt to see if any of it was salvageable. 

 

As it happened,  I was able to select two pieces by dissecting the one.   Plus there will be a bit of scrap left over for inchies!

I'll repost these when I've got them matted and framed.