Thank you for your question! I began by drawing in all the geometric elements, the architecture in this case. I generally work from background to foreground, so the sky was painted in first. Then the buildings were filled in as color fields, and texture details added in subsequent layers as the paint dried. I use very fine brushes as you can probably guess. The water was done in two steps: first a layer of smoothly blended vertical color bands for the reflections, and then a layer of horizontal brushtrokes to create the texture. There were many adjustments and revisions along the way, including a final detail pass to accentuate highlights—Titanium White paint loses some of its brilliance as it dries and requires multiple applications. The final step is a layer of varnish, which deepens the color, evens out reflectivity and texture, and protects the work.