Heres a pic of Korra that I drew for my boyfriend. Jeez drawing the water was a challenge.. trying to make it LOOK like water bleh I think I almost died doing it lol
Art by me Character belongs to Legend of Korra creators and artists Coloured Photoshop Elements 9
Looks great. From your trouble with water I've noticed that if you have to remember wait is very unlike fire. Water wants to stick to other water so it needs more push to get it to separate. And when it does separate it will still have a trail indicating how attracted it is to other water molecules. It's very unlike fire, which wants to escape as fast as possible. So draw a nice free blob over your action line and then have some circular blobs outside or on top of the main water flown I hope this helps. And yes it is hard!
Thanks for the tips, wow I had never thought about that in such detail before. But it makes sense. I will have to keep that in mind next time I try and draw water.