At the age of 15 years old, I did these two pieces while experimenting with simple watercolour paints and complimentary colour schemes that I was learning about in my high school art classes. The first image of the rose was an original photograph that I shot in my mother’s backyard. When creating a painting of the photograph, I felt that using a cool/warm colour scheme would allow for the pop I was looking for. The second image was done after taking my first watercolour course at the Burlington Artist Gallery in Burlington, Ontario.