Birch tree

This is from an online free watercolor site called "bigbrush" and is a quick painting done with a few colors and using a credit card to drag the paint across the tree to create the look of peeling bark. Check out Bigbrush. The author offers a few diff lessons for decent price.

Mono house

This was the second painting I did in the class. I got this exercise from one of the many books I bought before I could make myself start painting. It involved only one color (sepia in this case) and showed me how different tones of the same color can infer depth, etc.

Koi I

My first watercolor attempt done in first class I took. It got me hooked just picking up the brush and dropping in color which is all we did for this project after drawing the fish outline and brushing in clear water is spots. Very simple exercise but it worked out well for me.