Daily watercolor painting - Birch Landscape Watercolor Painting

This is a continuation of the birch landscape watercolor painting.  It is done with an underpainting using Burnt Umber watercolor paint.  The whole underpainting is completed as show.  Although there is only mon chrom at this stage, it is quite pleasent and I love the light and shade created.  Tonal value is very important when colors are not applied.  There is a different feeling towards a painting when the color is absent.   You eyes drawn to the different tone created by the monochrome.  Next I shall use watercolor pigment to paint over the Burnt Umber undercolor painting to create a full pigment watercolor.