Watercolor Scholar on the Red Planet

A watercolor illustration of a scholar on Mars. Inside a transparent geodesic dome, a thoughtful researcher wearing a lightweight robe and compact helmet sits at a small rock desk, studying parchment maps with a quill. Outside the dome, rust-red Martian plains stretch to jagged basalt cliffs, with a distant volcano-like Olympus Mons on the horizon. The pale blue sky carries Phobos and Deimos drifting overhead as a sunset casts warm ochre and pink washes across the scene. The watercolor style uses soft washes, bleeding edges, and delicate ink-like lines to render symbols on the parchment, a brass telescope, and simple scientific instruments nearby. The mood is calm, contemplative, and scholarly, blending science, exploration, and art.