SUMMER GARDEN
Watercolor - 11x14
I enjoy playing around with acrylics, oils and mixed media but my first love will always be watercolor. The best description fo watercolor is that it is alive. There is a creative dance between you, the paint, paper and water. Letting the paint flow, stepping in, pulling back. Hard edges, soft edges. Positive painting and negative shapes.
Watercolor requires you to stay alert and respond to what is happening on the paper. Happy accidents that create wonderful surprises. Unexpected colors and shapes created by the paint and water.
Someone once said that 'oil paint is like a dog, it wants to obey. Watercolor is like a cat, it does as it pleases.' And that is exactly why watercolor is such a wonderful, free, spontaneous medium!
