New Art
After a lot of experimenting in my sketchbooks, I've come to realise that I love drawing, colour and pattern and so this new series of paintings has come about. I've decided that I don't want to paint 'realistic' or go completely 'abstract' and instead I'm going to paint what brings me joy. This is the first painting in my new series which is a watercolour and ink on paper. I enjoyed drawing freely and then adding the watercolour, adding little subtle touches here and there.
What do you think? It makes me smile...does it make you smile?
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The ink lines holding it all together while the watercolor does whatever it wants, that balance is hard to find. I spent years trying to make sketchbook experiments translate into final work, and the best stuff only showed up when I stopped pretending the sketchbook was practice. This feels like you let the joy stay in the room instead of cleaning it out for the "real" painting.
Thanks for your comment Tavares...I did try my best to approach the painting as if I was just having fun in a sketchbook.