This is another experiment with coloring a basket. This time a closed form instead of a bowl and this one is colored with ink (the black areas) and watercolor paints. I'll probably try the watercolor some more. It's easier to blend the colors and create any color you want. This one is some very plain western Box Elder, 9" x 4 1/4", and finished with a dose of danish oil with Krylon Matte over the top.