I liked this painting I did a lot. I'd like it even more if a little hadn't accident occurred: some ink spilled on the right cheek of the girl. To compensate for the damage, I made the skin redder with a thicker application of PY43 and PR122, Winsor-Newton and White Nights watercolors and as much lifting as I could manage. I did need to overwork the paper in the process but that doesn't matter. Sad, but that's how it is. I still managed to salvage most of it, so that's a relief. I did at least two other watercolors prior to this before I finished with this one. I dare say I'm almost proud of it. I only used three brushes (technically four) on this, a 1/2 inch oval, a 1/4 inch oval, and a Kuretake waterbrush body with the bristles of a Pentel waterbrush. Jean Haines is right, you only need so many brushes for a painting. The ovals did the heavy lifting, the waterbrush did mostly lifting and adding small additions of color when and where needed. I should do this more often.
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