A Bird Without Lines

This is a first for me, painting like an actual watercolourist, no hard black lines, no fineliner, just a pencil and watercolour paints.

Initially I was following an online watercolour course which went laughably and terribly wrong …
But that little mouse I painted before the tutorial gave me hope I could paint the bird better myself.

Using the reference image provided which happened to be an American robin (not that you could recognise from my first attempt), I feel like I have stumbled upon something much different. I guess online tutorials aren’t for everyone!