Distracted By Art

I had great intentions of being outside this morning. It's 72 degrees and sunny!
Adam is in the garden, turning beds and setting up the greenhouse.

The front door is standing open and the heater is turned off. 

Is it spring yet? (Ha! No.)
I did get to the farm store and bought onion sets and some packs of spring annuals.

However ... However! My dear mother-in-law is to blame for the fact that I've instead spent my morning indoors hovered over my desk, in front of Youtube. Because she shared this channel with me:

Adam's mom has been painting beautifully for years and is doing watercolors now -- so, so pretty. She's been painting along with this lady, and sent me a card and bookmark.

Thank you, G!

So I decided to turn my hand to this youtuber's methods, and a few hours later, I look up and think, "Huh? Where did those hours go? That was FUN!" Here's what I painted:

 Splatters and splotches

 It's scary adding black into to pastels!

 The photo below is what the Youtube lady painted. Her black ink is so much better, and her flowers are more sparse, which looks better.

 I made a classic beginner's error of putting too much on the paper. Still, not too bad. She's also not afraid of layering her colors carefully and her objects.That adds richness.

Now here's the second one. I loved it until I added the pen outlining. 

Adam loaned me one of his fancy-shmancy fountain pens. It's perfect, but must be used with caution.
And below, the third one. It's missing a color, I think. 

 I added some shimmering white since I decided not to outline with that bold black.

And I do not like the bow!

So ... that's my morning! I'll go weed my herb beds this afternoon. Promise.