When I’ve been away from watercolour for a while, I do tend to get a reminder of how difficult I actually find it.
This time it came through my first speed painting in months.
I wanted to just get the feel of it all again.
So I cut out a small piece of paper and had a quick go.
My aim was not to make something to show off, but rather try to make it look okay.
It turned out like this:
It’s not that I’m disappointed.
It just felt like a rough start compared to the series of landscape paintings I did last time.
But I need an experience like this to get going again.
And to be reminded that watercolour is not something you just splash together and always end up with a good result.
So now I’m ready to start.
I’ve gotten my reality check.
I like the loose approach. It works well in this painting.
Thank you, John 🙂 I try to loosen up as much as possible. I find it a hard exercise 🙂
I’m impressed with the strong colours Kim.
Thank you, Elaine 🙂 I do enjoy those strong colours from time to time 😊
I so relate to what you have said. Honestly water painting scares me! But yes with practise I really feel a lot comfortable with it now as compared to what I felt earlier.
It is very challenging indeed 🙂 I don’t think I’ll ever feel that I master it completely 🙂