I'm actually left-handed, and I used my right hand as a reference! I don't get to use the internet a lot to look up reference pictures, and who knows if I would've found a picture with that hand pose that I wanted. 

Hmm, for watercolors...I don't know, make sure you have thick paper that won't get super wrinkled or saturated by the watercolors, don't worry if the paint goes over the lines of your drawing, (because if that happens it kind of adds to the whole watercolor effect) use only a small amount of water if you want darker colors and use a ton of water if you want really light colors...you can blend the paint with a wet paintbrush after you put it on the paper...there's not a lot of specific advice that I could give you, but using watercolors is pretty fun! I generally don't like wet+messy art mediums, but watercolors is one that I do like. If you have any specific questions, I could try to answer them!

Kitten! Hello! It's lovely to see you :) As for TDN, well... eh. Editing is hard. I'm basically having to rewrite the book to get all the plot holes out and it's hard to stay motivated. I might start posting the edits on here, though, because having a deadline can sometimes help motivate me. One of my main goals when publishing is to make it so that y'all can get a copy at a low price if you want one, without having to submit any information to me. I have a friend who self-published through Barnes and Noble, so I'm sort of looking into that as a viable option. They would handle allt he shipping and such, so I would never handle your personal information because privacy is important! The only downside of that is that I wouldn't be able to write a little message in the front. (Also, I'm in the middle of writing a few short stories to get me into the TDN mood again-- currently it's how Feroc and Ty met, since those are some of my irl friend's favourite characters, but is there any backstory/meeting/anything that you'd like to see me write? It can be about any character in any time.)

~Starseeker 

Thanks! I do remember you, under both names, though I didn't associate one with the other until now. But it's good to see you! Oh, cool! Did you just go to the Duomo/Italy or did you go to other parts of Italy/Europe too? My favourite part of Europe... hmm, Florence had this magical quality to it that I loved, but the small town I stayed in in Germany felt safe and like I was coming home. I think one of my favourite Europe moments, though, was walking out of the airport when I first arrived in Germany. It just hit me, then, that I was in Europe. Also, later in the week, we were driving through the Alps, and we were in this really long tunnel. When we finally emerged from it, we were in this gorgeous valley between two of the mountains, with a sparkling river and a waterfall... it was just so beautiful and unexpected and the entire bus just let out this gasp of amazement. I don't have any good pictures of the Alps at the moment, but I know my sister does, so I'll see if i can get some from her.

~Starseeker 

*tackle hugs back* Quill! Claws, it's amazing to see you too! I saw so many cool things in Europe I don't even know where to start... um... OOH! I saw this really cool pigeon! ;) It was white all over with these really pretty pale brown flecks. We don't have too many pigeons where I live, and especially not white ones, so it was really cool. (And I know you probably meant, like, buildings and things, but PIGEONS!) Side note, though, the food was really amazing too! One of my favourite things was this dish called spaghetti ice. Imagine spaghetti, but the noodles are vanilla ice cream and the sauce is strawberry sauce. It was just incredible. Something that I can't believe I haven't mentioned yet is Bad Wildbad (that's the English translation), which is this series of skywalks/trails through the Black Forest. At the middle of all the trails is this GIANT slide-- I'm talking taller-than-the-trees, can-see-France-from-the-top tall. It was so much fun sliding down it. You only got to go once, though, since there were 150 kids and we were on a schedule. :) (I've attached pictures of the slide and the spaghetti ice-- hopefully you can tell which is which!) The play was The Princess Bride, if you've ever seen that movie/read that book.

Ooh! Yay! I also learned the value of having good friends this summer, so I'm glad you found some you could count on. Letting go is also good. <3 *hugs back*

~Starseeker 

Oh, cool! Did you visit the Galleria dell'Accademia? That was one of my favourite places. We're actually learning about the history of Florence in my history class right now, so it's cool to have seen all the things we're learning about, like the statue of David. Ooh, Spain! Spain is definitely on my to-visit list someday. :)

~Starseeker