Media Before and After

In making an ICAD piece every day I'm starting to notice how much of a difference there is before and after applying water to the watercolor pencil marks on the paper. Now since this isn't watercolor paper, it's acting very differently than you'd expect. The pigment stays put a lot more, sometimes more than you want. Because the index card paper can't stand up to a lot of force like watercolor paper can.

 Sometimes I like the way it looks before more than after, but not usually. And I can always go back over it when it's dried a bit. I guess I'm just noticing that it's fun playing around with media I'm already familiar with, but using it on a different surface.