Here is my somewhat feeble attempt at a project this week. I'm doing them promise, it's just that I can't find them anymore...I tend to slip papers into my magazines in my bedroom...and guess what.
I wanted to try my hand at watercolours...for some reason this has attracted my eye. When I went to school, so many years ago in Australia I've lost count....there were no such things as 'activities', 'art', 'play'. etc. Thus I never had the chance of painting, and can you believe this, had never used a crayon until my first was old enough (I covered the wall in the dining area of our 1st apartment with our drawings). I have a little book I bought at the library...you know the old ones they take out of circulation for 25c? What I didn't do was use it, because as you may have guessed, I couldn't find it (the result of 4 years of renovating with everything somewhere in boxes).But I thought I'd go ahead and post this so I can show you how bad I am at painting look back in the future to see how much I improved. I'm hoping to find time to try again this week, I'll use the book this time, which I found a few weeks ago.
My husband moved the big TV into our bedroom 1/2 way thru winter because the house was too cold to watch a movie in, so it's still there and all my kids like to congregate to destroy my bedroom watch a movie. Needless to say when I put things away they're no longer there when I need them. It seems there's a 10th person living in my house and his/her name is 'nobody'. I had to laugh this week when my oldest son found a book on tattling. He picked up my 5yr old and plopped her down on the couch and read it to her, she being the queen tattler in the house. Well, I guess she now knows the 'code of conduct' and how it works around here. Yep, they all cover for each other....or else!!!
I like you painting! Love that tattling book and lesson passed on by the oldest and the one with the most to loose by youngest tattling!Have a great long weekend.
ReplyDeleteLove your painting. I am getting ready to try myself some watercolors so this is an inspiration to me :)
ReplyDelete~wonderful painting and i do hope you continue!! a tenth person...we must share the same!! always things missing in our home....may you continue to be inpsired and create away...warm wishes and brightest blessings~
ReplyDeleteI love this! keep at it! i think you will look back later and realize "i am good!"
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love the flower painting! It's hard to believe you didn't grow up with those basic school art activities. I think you should keep exploring and having fun. I went to school for fine art and I can barely draw a stick figure, if you can believe that. But it's true and one of my goals/projects is to make a self portrait a day for one week using different materials: photography, colored pencils, water colors, crayons, etc. Thank you for providing the inspiration for a future project!
ReplyDeleteI REALLY like the flowers and the composition. The background's a bit more challenged. That's the thing about watercolors -- it's so hard to keep colors from getting muddy. ( I can't btw. ) Hope you do more. And Jane, your idea sounds great, but that'd be seven projects for me.
ReplyDeleteJust stopping by to let you know I finally posted my project this morning. Go on over to 52 projects and take a peek :)
ReplyDeletei really, really love this painting!
ReplyDeleteAny painting I do looks like a 2 year old did it. I see other peoples work and it always looks way better than anything I could do.
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