My Favorite Painting From Last Year

I am slowly figuring out this blogging thing!  I wanted to post this painting, out of sequence, as it didn’t post with the other 2009 work.  It was the painting I learned the most from last year. 

I was trying out Bockingford watercolor paper.  It is tinted and one of my favorite watercolor artists, Edward Wesson, used it.  Well, I hated it.  My colors dried MUCH lighter than normal, it didn’t take a lot of working and tried to fall apart when I removed the tape from the edges.  This painting would have been vibrant and exciting had I used my usual paper.