Watercolor Cottage in a Ghost Town

Watercolor-style scene: a small cottage with peeling white clapboard, a mossy roof and a lone chimney, standing in the center of a ghost town square. Surrounding it are abandoned wooden storefronts with cracked paint, broken windows, and faded signs along a dusty street. Desert scrub, sparse cacti, and distant mountains frame the background while tumbleweeds drift by. Painted in soft washes of blue, ochre, and pale pink using wet-on-wet technique, with visible paper texture and gentle color bleeds. The late-afternoon light casts long shadows, creating a quiet, melancholic mood of forgotten time.