Well here goes! My first watercolor…after 3 tries I finally have something that resembles a painting. It is still fraught with errors but it is so much better than my first attempts that I felt like sharing. The full piece is a study done by Susan Harrison-Tustain in one of her instructional DVDs. As hard as I tried I could not manage the porcelain bowl that sat behind the rose…so I cut my losses and settled for the rose and bud alone. Anyway, I like her technique and instruction style so her DVDs have become my Holy Grail. My plan is to create a page soon, here within this blog, dedicated to my watercolor endeavours which I’ll update as I learn and hopefully grow.
Eldy's Art 
Watercolor is tough, very unforgiving. This is a nice painting considering how new watercolor painting is to you… Can’t wait to see how you progress in this.
[You probably already know, but I’ve been told the rule is: work watercolor from light to dark, work gouache from dark to light. (Hah, I say that like I know something. You probably know more than I do.)]
Best, Sandra
Thankyou Sandra for having a look at my little watercolor. I’m pretty sure you could put what I know about watercolor on the point of a needle and still have room! This is kind of funny…I’m getting going on a new watercolor painting and how did I start…dark to light! Oh well…to live is to learn.
You are too hard on yourself, Eldy. Always the perfectionist. My first watercolor was not anywhere near as vibrant or good as this is.
Thank you Leslie, that is so very encouraging!