Hybrid Painting

I just got an awesome new tool.. this:


A watercolor pen thingie! Not that I have anything against brushes... I think its kinda sexy to hold paint brushes in one's hand.. but alas! My painting skills could use a lot of improvement.. This pen thingie is the perfectest thing for those that are better with markers than brushes and helps to break through the damn holding-the-brush-in-your-hand barrier.. if there's such a thing.. or maybe its just me.

Anyhow.. this pen brush is simply amazing for this hybrid thing I wanted to try - mostly use markers for drawing but have watercolors for very light and soft shading.. and I personally love the result.. here's my first watercolor doodle with the pen brush:


And another one:

Notice that the orange bands are a little more shinier which is a little sus for a watercolor effect? hmm.. maybe you can't in the photo.. but I can.. I know exactly why.. See I'm a total noob to this watercolor arena.. and when I wanted to buy watercolos.. I had no clue as to what I was looking for. So I got two of these watercolors to statistically improve my odds of getting-it-right:


The one on top which is a 16 color palette that looks unusually shiny is.. god alone knows what! It feels like its some sort of glue with color.. the pen/brush doesn't seem to get any color on.. just gets a gluey sticky yucky thing on which has no pigment but only gloss.. The thing went straight into trash.. I don't have too much money to waste at the moment.. bt more importantly I don't have the time or energy to waste it on useless things trying to make some use out of them.. kinda like holding on to the palette just in case I wanted to have a glossy finish.. something I'll never want.

This is likely going to be my style of choice.. and I love it. I always thought that nothing beats oil painting.. but I think I can learn to like this... and liking it I am :D

Oh.. and I got these cool paint pots too.. I'm terrified of keeping them on my desk because I inadvertently spill a lot of things anyway and water is definitely the last thing I want to spill on my laptop desk! But they're too cute to pass:


....and if you can notice.. the red one is resting on its own paint-pot-coaster which is really the vestigial wing of my owl from the owly phone pouch.