Wild and Uncontrolable Watercolors!

First I paint it.  Then I eat it.  The apple, not the painting.

Watercolor on paper, 5 x 8 inches.

I used to think watercolor was a wild uncontrollable medium.  Where I had to have a give and take relationship and be able to improvise and work around the will of the paint.  I used to cross my fingers and just hope not to ruin a piece with an unexpected bloom or pigment shooting off in a spiderweb like shape the instant it touched damp paper that looked dry to the naked eye.  However I'm starting to think that it isn't as wild and unpredictable as I once thought.

Yes there is still a give and take, and sometimes there are happy accidents that I can take advantage of, but I think most of it was really just my lack of understanding of the medium and the more technical aspects of it. 

Surprise!  It turns out that it's just like anything else.  The more you do it the better you get and the better you are able to predict what will happen if you do certain things.  Imagine that.