youll definitely need highlights if you want this to read as water, good start though!
#CRITIQUE NEEDEDDDDD
sullen talon
green venture
water is one of the most reflective materials so it usually has pretty dark darks and really bright lights! so i would agree with highlights 😄
icy merlin
Definitely highlights, but you also can't just blend dark patches around like that. If you look at references of water, usually the darker areas connect kind of like loose spider webs, with highlights following the same pattern.
If you're going for realism I'd suggest grabbing a couple references and having a look at how the water flows/moves.
icy merlin
Much better! I'd say add some less blended white to better show the motion