The fridge was a bit sad and empty, but I did manage to find 1 lemon, some chillis and some broccoli! 

Flat washes: This is deceptively simple; it's really hard! I thought that the more strongly pigmented colours would be the way to go with this as there would be less natural variation, but the part I struggled with the most was getting the right amount of water on my brush. I started out with way too much which resulted in uneven pooling of water, so I have ended up with some lovely blooms... Not the intended result! I then gave some of the more granulating pigments a go; similar results. 

I then tried the chillis. I think the elongated shape helped me out; it was much easier to control the amount of water applied to the page. Possibly smaller shapes are easier to be consistent with as well... I also tried lighter colours and found, to my surprise, that it was much easier to create a flat effect. Either way, I certainly need a lot more practice with this!

Blends: I really enjoyed the technique of just touching one shape to the next. Watching the watercolour move across the paper was rather relaxing. 

I found that I preferred the more gradual blends that came with using paint with more water rather than the more extreme blends achieved when combining very thick paint with thin.

Transparency: These turned out much better than I was expecting. Such a simple technique, but the results are really effective. I did find I had to stop myself from overdoing it, it would have been very easy to just keep going!

Layering: These peppers were really good fun. I probably spent far too much time thinking about the patterns though!