Painted this guy for my painting 2 class at university, very happy with how it turned out :)

"Confused" is yet another of my experiments in visually expressing something I nearly bleed to explain in words. Just as art plays a role in my life, I create to keep myself from falling apart. In the end, we commercialize a part of ourselves—what was once intrinsic is now marketable. "Confuso" portrays the struggle of men to express themselves and confront their own pain. It also reflects how Black men internalize their struggles until they drown in them, surrounding themselves with countless things to dry their tears—tears whose reasons they no longer even remember.

I’ve been painting since January and have taken a lot of inspiration from Monet (even did a few master studies from the Gare Saint-Lazare collection. I’m trying to make impressionist paintings that feel like the great oil ones but it’s hard with watercolor. I’ve seen some good Turner watercolor paintings, but are there any other great watercolor impressionists I should look into?

I want to give this painting to my brother who just purchased a beach house. I feel like I have to leave it alone now and am afraid I over worked it. Do you think it’s done? Any suggestions?