This direct watercolour sketch of my home desk taught me I don’t yet have full control of the value (darkness) of these watercolours. It also turns out that my Seawhite sketchbook (which claims to be made from recycled coffe cups) has two different sides. The real give-away was how my fountain pen worked on both of them. But it turns out I can throw water at it and it only wrinkles a little so I will stick with it.