Trying Something New
Trying Watercolours! During the COVID period in 2021, many people started doing creative activities to occupy their time while they were at home. After giving it some thought, I decided I would like to give painting a try. Finally, I bought watercolour paint, thinking that sounded like a manageable medium. After all, we grew up using those watercolour palettes, and it wasn't difficult at all. How mistaken I was! It turned out that the proper watercolour paint was completely different from the pallets we used as kids, and the paint came in tubes. Still, oblivious to the level of difficulty, I joined a Facebook group where I could access an endless supply of reference photographs and set out to try my first painting. To be fair, I did try a few flowers and 'easy' subjects, which actually weren't all that easy since the paint seemed to have a mind of its own and the paintings did not come out the way I envisioned them. To cut the story short, I painted the image you see