Watercolor Life

I Love Chickadees

Painting birds is new to me, but once I started I fell in love with the process. There are so many helpful youtube tutorials on painting. Two of my favorites for instruction are Mr. Otter’s Workshop and Lindsey Weirich. So fun to follow along with these two talented artist! I’m building confidence in my own art and am able to see a flower or bird or landscape and go for it. Like writing, letting the process take shape on its own really helps. I find if I tense up and want every last detail in a painting to be perfect it stops the flow.

Writing is full of details and rewriting is part of the process, a process I happen to love. Yet, art helps me to free my mind and enter another world. It’s so relaxing!

Creativity is a beautiful thing!

 

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Watercolor Life

The Brush and Pen

My main character Jessica is an artist. I too love to paint in watercolors, but I let it go a few years ago. I realized when I was writing about her painting I really missed it.
So I got the paints out of storage, and bought some new supplies! My art table is near my writing desk, when I need a break from writing I paint  -Of course those are the luxury days when I clear my schedule and I have a whole day of writing!

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