Water Color Silhouette Day 1

Day 1: I am starting a water color painting with a cut out silhouette in the middle. The silhouette is of a girl with her head down. I started by drawing the girl onto the watercolor paper. After that I used an Exacto knife to slowly cut the girl out of the paper. This took a good amount of time since there were lots of curves and edges so you must take your time. After I cut her out the edges were all torn and jagged so I used a lighter to burn the edges of the silhouette. You must make sure the edges are put out quickly or else it will burn too much and you'll lose the details in the figure. I am going to make the painting look like water in which the girl is standing chest deep in. I want to go into very fine detail with the water and make it look very cool. I also might make a green meadow in it to add a different range in color to the background. I also traced the outline of the girl so I can play with it in different medias in the future.