Dipping my toe back in

I haven't painted anything in aeons and my pal Julie on FB, who is an artist, cajoled me into joining her on a Louise Fletcher "Find Your Joy" course this week for free online.

The first task was to masking tape a piece of large paper (mine was small, A4 as I don't have any big paper!) and randomly apply paint without particular intent. Just make marks. Then remove the tape and see what you have.

Totally out of my comfort zone, I have to say! But I threw dry watercolour on dry paper and this is the result. Interesting how you don't do anything with intent, but when you look at it afterwards you can see trees, mountains, birds, flowers and even a hand!

@Casablanca

[🖌ArtsyGang]

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[moni kozi]

@Casablanca this is excellent. I love the idea. I might try it out. I also watched a lady... do something similar in concept. Tracy Verdugo. Of course it is completely out of my comfort zone. But the results are stunning. And yours are stunning as well.
What are dry watercolours?
You have a terrific eye for combining colours. Great result!

[Casablanca]

@monikozi Thanks so much for your encouragement! Dry as in not wetting the brush. Wet it initially for the first blue strokes and then just did most of it by stippling the brush onto the dry paint and didn't have any water on the paper either. Interesting how much colour you can get with no water!

[Jacqueline]

@casablanca this is a great way to get into the flow of creativity again! Love the one in the middle of the bottom row! Well done CasaX

[katy]

@casablanca Such a clever idea and a wonderful result! I
just might be inspired to try this!

[Lin]

Would love to try this - fantastic results and a fav for me

[summerfield]

@casablanca - welcome back, kiddo. that's the way to go, slowly but surely. i do love your abstracts and the choice of bold colours. aces!

[Sally Ings]

@casablanca love the colours. What a great way to ease back into painting. Often just picking up the paintbrush again is the most difficult task but once you have the rest follows - it's just like riding a bicycle.

[Kathy A]

These are wonderful, love the colours. My favourite is the middle one on the bottom row, i see an orange heart in the top left.

[moni kozi]

@casablanca I would like to add my tries from this course as well. Do you think we might move this and the ugly in one place with more space? Maybe sone others from the gang join. That would be so cool. I saw that May in the Paintings album is quite empty.

[Casablanca]

@monikozi Sure. Do you want me to do that?

[moni kozi]

@casablanca if you have the time, go ahead. If you don't, i'll do it tomorrow when i add my own.

[🖌ArtsyGang]

@monikozi I almost did it just now but wondered if I would lose all the comments and links that have been put on? I'll wait for your wisdom, I think!

[moni kozi]

@casablanca you won't lose the comments if you only change the date of the photo. But if you are not sure, i'll do it tomorrow

[Louise & Ken]

Looking through this link and landing here, I'm inspired to try some pieces with the water-color crayons and the new water brushes I just bought. I spent all day today making cards (2)on the Cricut; so many upcoming summer birthdays I don't want to miss! Making 3-D cards with a number of colours is NOT a fast process, but it is pleasing : )