Giving my Lamy Safari and the watercolours another chance tonight at my weekly, evening class.
The “charging in” is a watercolour technique which means you continue an “activated”, washed area with a new colour.
E.g. you mix 3 washes on your palette (me, I mixed a green, a yellow/orange/ocker, and a greyish blue). You start washing an area and then switch the colours and let the new load of wash touch and mingle with the still active area.
Wow, … no easel today, no charcoal, no newsprint, just a 4B pencil and smooth drawing paper. Inbetween a stint at watercolours, which actually doesn’t look too bad for a noob like me.
Tutor wasn’t there tonight, so I took over the role of setting the timer, I also sat all night at a desk, which was probably quite hilarious for the other students.
We begin with three 5 minute poses, then <coffee break>, then two 10 minute poses, then <small chat (break)> and a 15 minute pose, then <walk around and inspect “competition” break>, 
then 20 minutes for the watercolour (started with 3B sketching, then an obviously non-water-resitant Japan-nib 0.5mm Derwent fineliner and finally the watercolours, that’s where the fineliner ink starts to show its non-water-resistance), then <yawn, stretch and take a break>,
in the End a 13 minute sketch for me (3B) … and clear up and go home to a glass of Prosecco.
A very interesting evening with a new model. And this evening I arrived with the idea to do some watercolouring. 
As I am not very experienced with watercolours, I need to do more and more and make mistakes for the first year or so.
So here goes, after a phase of warming up with charcoal on newsprint, 
one watercolour was achieved during a 3 x 5 minutes spree and a 5 minute break.
