Ducks rising off Llangorse Lake

You're absolutely right - he makes it look easy, and it just isn't! I don't know where you were to enjoy a hot day - but then I think we're the coldest place in the UK at the moment down here - but it can indeed make a nonsense of wet-in-wet: have you tried spraying the paper with water? I'm not primarily a watercolourist, so don't know what else to suggest ... Even a stay-wet palette isn't going to keep the paper wet. More water to start with, maybe? Really saturate the paper so it stays wet longer? I yield though to watercolourists with more experience: what, I wonder, does Alan Owen do?

Thank-you Robert, getting the paper just wet enough takes me lots of practise , that and not fiddling with it while its drying! I found your comments very helpful, getting a response from someone is always encouraging..by the way,that spell of hot weather didn't last very long!

Lovely smooth washes and colour blending Kate.

Thank-you again Carole for taking an interest in my painting..