I honestly did not feel like doing anything super intricate this week. I was super busy with other assignments in different classes that when I got to this, I just wanted to take it easy and make something cute and simple that I could hang up or gift to my grandmother for her bathroom walls. So with this in mind I searched the web. I googled "watercolour ideas" which led me to a website called gather.how where it showed me a variety of different paintings I could potentially make. As I scrolled down the list, I came across an abstract painting. It intrigued me because I've never actually done an abstract art piece before, like, ever. So I really wanted to try it out. I clicked the provided link, which then took me to a blog post called, the Creativity Exchange. After reading through the post, it didn't seem so hard, the blogger explained it quite well. For reference this is Cyndy's thumbnail for this abstract watercolour blog post on the Creativity Exchange. What drew me to this post was not only the simplicity of the art piece, but also the elegance of her brushstrokes. I don't know what it is, but it just seemed so breath taking for only a few brushstrokes. I cut out different sizes of watercolour paper to play around with. Cyndy encourages readers to "play and explore with your watercolors," so this is exactly what I did (2016). Of course I attempted to create this version of Cyndy's artwork, but I had a lot of fun mixing colours and creating lots of similar versions as well! Disclaimer: I didn't do any progress pictures, I just had way too much fun with the linework hahaha.
I think it was a good idea to take a break from the stuff I usually paint. and a well deserved break from still life paintings like last week!
I am super happy with how these pieces turned out, I am thinking about framing them and maybe hanging them up in my cabin this summer! Let me know if you'd want to try this kind of watercolour out sometime!
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Halle ReimerThis blog page is where I will document and reflect on my personal learning project. Here I will tell you my initial knowledge of watercolour paint and, in time, what I have learned over the course of the next few weeks I spend working on my watercolour paint skills. |