Me, sorta

So this was an in class project from when I took a short watercolor class last year. The teacher loved the work of Laurell Birch and felt her style was a great way to experiment with watercolors.

So, we each sort of drew ourselves and started painting, but the picture never got finished before the class series ended.

I found it in my drawer the other day and finally fixed a few areas I didn't like before. It still isn't what I would've liked it, but I didn't think I could ever reproduce this picture, especially the parts I DO like, again.

In any case, this is me, in a sense. Most of the Birch paintings have wild flowers and birds. Me, I stick a cat on my head. Go figure...

P.S. I hate that I couldn't get the wrinkles out of the paper, even though I must've ironed the damn thing for 30 minutes!

Media: watercolor