Watercolors, Part One

This medium demands precision, confidence
and a judicious way with color and water.
Two monochromatic explorations
appear a week apart in the first year itself.
By the next year, many colors come into play
along with many subjects.
The testing of the self continues.
It is more daring than testing.
He returns to a bunch of grapes
rendered earlier in watercolors
and asks himself: it looks nice
but can I achieve the same excellence
with pencil colors?