Approximately 8"x10", 98 lb paper, Sennelier watercolors, Caran D'Ache watercolor crayons and a touch of black India ink.
I got an art workbook yesterday called The Paintbrush Playbook by Ana Montiel. It has 44 exercises to try out with watercolor, acrylic and inks in the book. I've tested out 4 so far. She is trying to teach in a playful, creative way about the basics of water based painting. I need the help. I'm doing my best to let go into playing and experimenting, into getting closer to understanding the mediums and supports. I'm tentative still. I like working with abstraction because it sets me free to be more intuitive about line, color, value, brush choice, brush marks. It takes some courage to face the blank page or canvas or board. I think that one thing I like about abstractions such as this one is that I have to look for meaning and pleasure in it. There's no deep message and yet something of my spirit is expressed. That's good enough.
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