Learning Through Experimenting- Watercolor Abstracts
I've mentioned before how I basically only painted abstracts for about a year. There was a lot to learn from that process-- no fear of failure, a general desire just to "try stuff out" and see what would happen, etc. I was never really attached to the outcome. Some came out better, some worse. I just got to play and learn what water and pigment and paper would do. Good times!
I recommend it to all painters, if you've not done it. I found it very liberating! It allowed me to figure out how far to one side I wanted to pull, before I began the slow pull back to something more representational. Those more "organic" effects are still with me though-- I want to combine the two approaches.
Take something like this--
and somehow merge it with an approach like this--
Still not quite sure how to do that! Hmmm...
I recommend it to all painters, if you've not done it. I found it very liberating! It allowed me to figure out how far to one side I wanted to pull, before I began the slow pull back to something more representational. Those more "organic" effects are still with me though-- I want to combine the two approaches.
Take something like this--
and somehow merge it with an approach like this--
Still not quite sure how to do that! Hmmm...