An exercise in layering gouache

I recently got myself an affordable gouache set and set myself the goal to use it all up asap. :) I loved the idea of this class. Not only are the cups cute, but it's a very nice way to practice layering.
I had some real issues with some, e.g.:

I had to apply the pink in big globs of paint for it to be visible - but then of course it was difficult to get shapely flowers instead of blobs. 😔
This one I really liked, though:
