2 months of watercolor painting
I learned a lot from the 751.2 section of our libraries and about a dozen inter library loans. Through my experiments I have found The Flower Painter's Essential Handbook by Jill Bays to be the most helpful, straight forward, and step-by-step. I look forward to painting more. I also figured out why watercolor is so appealing to me. It is a little like pysanky, which I have been making for over 15 years in that you work from light to dark and you have to have a picture in mind before you start. I also like that there are so many happy accidents when you work wet on wet, go with bold strokes, and work quickly-- all things I have found I need to do to create the best look. Also, no eraser, make it work or try again!