Painting on Charcoal Paper

My sister in law, Karen Winslow, who is one of the best artists I know, gave me the idea to do watercolors on charcoal paper. to use a color other than white. This is a fun challenge. You are painting on a medium value.

It is fun because you can use designer Gouache for the light value and highlights. This is something you don't always do with white paper...
This bird was an American Bittern and of course the first one was a seagull . :)

My blog is not letting me put another image on... so I will finish here, and try again another time...

I have two more pictures to show you...

enjoy the day