Watercolour

A friend arrived this afternoon with a basket full of watercolour paints and inks. She had an idea to have some fun painting very abstract art. For me that’s a good approach, as I’m no artist. I love the idea of being able to paint, but it’s not something I’ve ever really put my mind to, although I have said to Brian on occasions I’d like to give it a go, so this was a great opportunity.

Brian made us some tea, and brought out a few sweet treats to help our artistic flair and we sat down to enjoy our afternoon, happily chatting about what we were discovering as, we each started to lay the paint down and develop techniques. I was loving how using the water on the paper could change the colour and textures of the paint. Although the plan was to create abstract shapes, we could see landscapes and natural shapes appearing in our paintings.

This is the first one I completed, the one I definitely preferred. I loved the colours, and I felt that although not intentional at all the picture looked like a lake surrounded by woods, with a stormy sky building overhead.

With the second painting, I was bolder with the colours, and placed more water down to see how that changed the blending.

It was such a pleasure learning new things, creating and relaxing with friends. I certainly want to do more.