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@h-jones I don’t mind you tagging me! I like babbling about art haha. Also, I think your experiment looks really good!

You’ve gotten some great advice already! If you want to invest in watercolor, the best thing you can do is buy good paper. You’ll see a major difference! Like @the-fledgling-artist I also recommend canson watercolor paper. I’ve used them for my first year of watercolor paper and never had any trouble with it. It might buckle a bit if the paper gets too wet, but nothing that you can’t fix with painters tape. There is better paper out there, my favourite is Arches. But It’s just really expensive and when starting out I would always be afraid of ruining it because it was that special. However I’m lucky enough to have a store nearby that sells them for less. I’m not sure if you have Hahnemuhle paper in the US. But that’s really good paper too!

How hard are the brushes you use? When using watercolor you want to have brushes that can take in a lot of water. It doesn’t have to be anything expensive. Brushes with a long stick (is that even how it’s called? haha) are for acrylics and oils, when a brush has a shorter stick it’s probably a watercolor brush. I usually use simple round brushes that are soft. I don’t know what kind of brush you use but if it’s a bit rough it can tear up the paper, once again if the paper isn’t strong enough.

When it comes to paint there are a lot of good brands out there and it once again doesn’t have to be expensive. I’ve used Winsor and Newton paints since the beginning and I still love them! I don’t think that there’s a big difference between pans or tubes, it’s just prefence.