Cloud Studies in Watercolour Pencil

Stuck inside due to the strength of the winds and driving rain I decided just to play with the pencils and do some cloud studes. The clouds were quite dramatic and it was a struggle to get any sense of that without it looking heavy-handed. I was looking at some watercolours by Turner in a magazine this morning and the light he achieved was incredible. His colours are incredible - quite strong. So perhaps I'm being too prissy with it all and just need to keep on doing layers.... I liked doing the studies as there was no pressure to produce a 'picture'. It felt as if I was just experimenting and learning and that relaxed me much more I think. A bit like the grid does.