Pattern Perfection: Finely Executed Interior Design Watercolor with Ship (and Pirate Flag) stacked layers Clearly it was used

Clearly it was used

they all seem full in tact

he stands up straight on his own

the whole variety of birds and snakes and other creatures that surround them

then trimmed

Pattern Perfection: Finely Executed Interior Design Watercolor with Ship (and Pirate Flag) stacked layers Clearly it was usedA marvelous example of an "interior" watercolor, which I believe would have been done with the practical purpose for representing the proposed design for a room, or as an exercise for a decorator in training. This one feels to me like a flight of whimsy pure ornamental pleasure! The model ship with gold sails at center features a pirate flag with skull and cross bones, flying right in front on the peacock on the textile hanging behind it, which I