Watercolor Practice
One of the things I hoped when I started Let's Face It course was that I would get shoved out of my rut. I wanted to do something different, but didn't necessarily have the tools to get there on my own. Now, for me, working in watercolor is something really different. I have to throw out all the "correction tools" that so many of my favorite media provides, and go with what I get in one or two strokes.
Today I threw caution to the wind, and put down bolder brush work and colors. I also am working on hot press watercolor paper and it seems to take the liquid and handles it better. I had lots of errors here, paint where I didn't necessarily want it, but in the end I think I got a more watercolor-like look.
Thank you my friends for calling me on one of my issues - too critical. I realize after looking at more watercolors that the effect is so different than acrylic and pastel - it is clear, clean, translucent - I think I got close to that here. If the head vision isn't right, then the end result can't be.
Isn't it uncanny - Helen's quote from Inside Out for this week is:
Good journal writing is fishing in the river of your mind
Well, I think that is true of good painting too!!
Thanks much for stopping by and taking a look.
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