Watercolor is such a diverse medium. You can paint in a very direct way with a few washes or apply many precise layers with great control. You can take the medium outside and paint in the elements most of the year or work in the comfort of your studio. In addition, one can paint very small or on a sizable scale such as the work of the Hudson River Painters(even though they primarily painted in oil).
An artist can paint on very smooth paper or on medium or rough paper and achieve a very textured appearance. There are even illustration or watercolor boards which don't warp and are highly portable.
This watercolor sketch was done on cold press Arches paper. I have learned from experience that how you drag the brush across the surface can yield an infinite ranges of watercolor techniques.
It can be beneficial to let the pigment run into other wet areas while at the same time preserving dry slivers of paper to suggest breaks in the water or waves crashing into the shore. After the paper dries you can go back in and paint tree trunks and define the shoreline or rock outcroppings.
I hope you feel as free as I do and experiment with various painting techniques which expand your opportunities for creativity.
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