This was meant to be a deep-space nebula, to look at least something like a prismatic, ethereal nebula. What it ended up as is anybody's guess. When I stepped back and took a look at it, the phrase my brain came up with was "malevolent Swiss cheese".
In hindsight, painting a deep-space scene with watercolor was my biggest mistake. Space is a black background, you can't glaze anything over it. You need something opaque, like gouache, acrylic, or digital media.
All that said, I'm not too disappointed with this painting. At least I know what not to do. I'm going to give this another whack, with gouache, and see how it turns out.
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