Watercolor Canyon Rising from a Salt Flat

Panoramic watercolor landscape: a dramatic red sandstone canyon rises from a vast white salt flat. The canyon walls display layered strata in burnt sienna, crimson, and ochre, with soft, bleeding edges created by wet-on-wet washes. In the foreground, the salt flat shows cracked, crystallized patterns and faint blue-gray reflections from the pale morning sky. A distant horizon of mesas and a pale blue sky with wispy clouds adds depth. The scene is bathed in gentle light, with cool shadows in blue and violet and warm highlights on the canyon walls. Use loose brushwork, soft washes, subtle granulation, and visible watercolor texture to convey atmosphere and vast scale. Panoramic wide-angle composition.