Sketches and Watercolor Practice

I sketched for Scavenger Hunt 416 http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1385647 in the living room with my feet on a stool.  Nice and comfy.

Number 5, animal - the chipmunk on the wood box brought a friend.  The closest one just sat an posed for about 3 minutes.  The other one skittered and fidgeted.  Usually the regular guy (?) sits until I pick up a sketchpad, then takes off.
Number 6, bottle - the bottle is bright blue with white letters

I opened my art bin and pulled out a few things.  I found my watercolors and tried a couple of quick watercolors for practice.  I say quick, but waiting for paint to dry is not quick!  I could have used a hair dryer to speed things up.  I tried painting geraniums from my imagination.  I should have run them off the top edge to have a better composition, but was not trying for a painting.  I wanted to see how the colors I have would interact.  Different paint brands act differently they say.  I haven't used watercolors enough to know.  These are Holbein.

This is about 6 x 9 inches, half the page.  I also did some pine trees which I will not bother to post.

I added a bit of ink to the flowers and leaves.  I am trying some daisies today.  I used some frisket to save the white for the flowers.  The brand was Grafix.  It says to apply with their "incredible nib", which I didn't buy.  I have used frisket before and just used a brush, wetting it first and being careful to rinse it occasionally and not let the frisket dry because it will ruin the brush.  I had a cheap brush so thought that would work.  I wet it and dipped a couple of times and went to rinse it and it was already gloppy on the brush.  I am sooooo glad I did not use a good brush like I have in the past!  This stuff dried fast.  Not on the paper, though.  Ha.

We shall see how the daisies go today.