Watercolor & Traditional Medium Style Emulator

Create an artwork in authentic [MEDIUM: transparent watercolor / gouache / oil paint / ink wash / colored pencil / charcoal and conte / pastel / mixed media collage] style depicting [SUBJECT: landscape / portrait / still life / botanical study / architectural scene / animal study / abstract composition].

SUBJECT DESCRIPTION:
[DESCRIBE YOUR SPECIFIC SCENE IN DETAIL — what elements are present, their arrangement, the setting, time of day, season, mood]

MEDIUM-SPECIFIC BEHAVIOR — CRITICAL FOR AUTHENTICITY:
This is not a digital painting made to look like watercolor. This must exhibit the actual physical behaviors of the chosen medium:

FOR WATERCOLOR:
- Wet-into-wet passages where pigments bloom and merge unpredictably at their edges, creating soft cauliflower-like backruns and granulation patterns
- Hard edges where paint dried before the adjacent wash was applied, creating crisp boundaries
- Visible paper texture showing through in lighter passages — cold-pressed paper with its characteristic bumpy tooth
- Pigment granulation in mineral-based colors (ultramarine, cerulean, raw umber) settling into paper valleys
- Deliberate preservation of white paper as the lightest values — NO white paint added on top
- Lifting marks where a damp brush pulled pigment back to soften an edge or recover a highlight
- Visible brushstrokes that follow the form — broad flat washes for skies, drybrush texture for foliage and rough surfaces, fine rigger lines for branches and details
- Color mixing achieved transparently through layered glazes where underlying colors shift the appearance of overlaid washes
- Minor imperfections: a stray drip that ran before being caught, a thumbprint at the edge, tape marks defining the border, slight cockling of the paper from moisture

FOR OIL PAINT:
- Thick impasto passages in highlights where paint stands in visible peaks and ridges from palette knife or loaded brush
- Thin transparent glazes in shadow areas allowing warm ground to glow through
- Visible canvas weave texture in thinly painted areas
- Wet-into-wet color blending with swirled transitions between hues
- Palette knife marks with sharp crisp edges contrasting against soft brushwork
- Appropriate drying crack patterns in thickly applied areas (if aged appearance desired)

FOR INK WASH:
- Gradual value transitions achieved through dilution ratios
- Splatter and controlled accidents from loaded brush flicks
- Stark contrast between jet black concentrated ink and pale grey diluted passages
- Visible brush speed variations — slow deliberate strokes vs rapid gestural marks
- Paper bleed where ink feathers into absorbent areas

COMPOSITION AND LIGHTING:
Arrange the scene following [COMPOSITION PRINCIPLE: rule of thirds / golden ratio / dynamic symmetry / central focal point / L-shaped / S-curve leading line]. The primary light source comes from [DIRECTION AND QUALITY: warm morning side-light / cool overcast diffused / harsh midday overhead / dramatic golden hour backlight / soft window light from the left]. Shadows should be [WARM with reflected environmental color / COOL with blue-violet undertones / NEUTRAL and transparent].

VALUE STRUCTURE:
Establish a clear value plan with [VALUE KEY: high-key with mostly light values and small darks for punch / low-key with dramatic dark masses and selective highlights / full-range with strong contrast]. Squint-test readability — the composition should read clearly as a thumbnail with only three values.

COLOR PALETTE:
Use a [PALETTE APPROACH: limited palette of 4-5 colors / analogous harmony / complementary contrast / split-complementary / earth-tone dominant with one chromatic accent]. Specific pigments: [LIST 4-6 SPECIFIC PIGMENT NAMES — e.g., Quinacridone Rose, Yellow Ochre, French Ultramarine, Burnt Sienna, Viridian — this dramatically affects the output authenticity].

PRESENTATION:
Show the artwork as if photographed on a [SURFACE: wooden studio table / white museum mat board / pinned to a cork board / held in hands / displayed on an easel]. Include natural shadows and slight perspective distortion from the camera angle to enhance the physical artwork illusion. The edges should show [CLEAN TAPED BORDERS / DECKLED PAPER EDGES / PAINT EXTENDING TO EDGES / TORN PAPER EDGE].

--ar [4:5 for portrait / 3:2 for landscape / 1:1 for square study] --v 6.1 --s 800 --chaos 20