watercolors....

Loving watercolors! ...Playing and experimenting  I'm finding out new things everyday.
The more you experiment the more you learn on your own.Even mistakes are a good thing!
Give yourself some time to really enjoy a new medium,figure out what you like what colors speak to you and heck even try some that you really don't care for at first they may surprise you!
This has been a good summer experiment so far...now to make these papers into a book :)
I do have a facebook friend who loves watercolors as much as I do she is preparing for a workshop with them and you should jump on over to her blog and have a look. I have noticed her and i are very like minded and I'm starting to think shes my watercolor sister lol! Her name is Diana Trout and shes awesome!
Here are a few pics of just some of my little experiments

stacks of papers

not always pretty

Temple Wave (Japan)

samples

watercolor pencils

These are fun! Such beautiful colors in this set..so smooth and blend perfectly!

I just wish i got the bigger set of 120,Ill just have to save up for them
or put them on my Christmas wish list :)
Ive tried them on hot and cold press paper with no problem at all, not like some watercolor pencils that when they dry you can see the pencil marks.These also lift with ease with little to no staining,you can go back in after they dry to glaze to build up color and are fun wet in wet.Ill take a pic of some experiments later to show you



Water World

Enjoying the beauty of watercolors,oh what fun!
How they mix on the paper (hot press) resulting in so many looks and textures the possibility's are endless



WIP..

Working on The Sea Of Silk today..So far I have needle felted it and rinsed away the stablizer and im getting ready to add more silk to it to create more texture.Next the hand embroidery then at last the beading..

New Video

Hi everyone..The other day my new camera broke! But i was able to have it replaced thank goodness
and i was able to use the video i was working on that i saved to the SD card.This is a new piece I'm working on called Sea Of Silk so far I've done the basic layout of the silk fibers..now that my camera is back i can continue filming some of the process

A Sea Of Silk

Today I have been working of a new piece called A Sea Of Silk. Im just started the lay out of the fibers and just letting it happen,I work in a free flowing manner just letting myself lay down silk fibers without thinking to hard about where they will go,much like painting in abstract.Its in its early stages and much more work to be done..A lovely way to spend the morning.I am also filming parts of the process and when i get to the next stages I'll film more ..

A little bit of silk

Well today i had the chance at last to play with my new little video camera,I decided that this year is to be about documenting what i do as i said in my last post.I am shy to a degree and a little unsure about making videos and being brave! Last year or maybe a little longer i did do a few videos and put them on YouTube but for some reason i panicked and did not do any more.So here is a little one explaining about silk fibers that i use..