It's Saturday - I love this day! Not only because I get a slightly shorter work day, but also because I get Italian for dinner - love that pasta!
I indulged in some watercolor paints on Wednesday. Watercolor is a paint media that I've never really played with. I know a lot of visual journal-ists will use watercolors over their inks to bring their journal entries to life. I'm drawing more and using my carry-journals more, and I thought it might be fun to have a small watercolor kit to carry along (one more thing for overstuffed pockets or purses). But I've never used this media before, so I've been reading up on it. I did purchase a larger watercolor pad to go along with my practice pieces, so over the next week or so, I'll play a little bit and try to get a feel for a media that requires it's base to be wet before applying the color. It seems a bit backwards to me, but the effects that I can get through the transparency should be a lot of fun...or a lot of muddy brown.
And I was thrilled that my old article, "Bead Torture", was once again revived - this time on-line. I originally published the article in Beadwork magazine in 2000. Since then it has been republished in a later issue of that magazine once, and now they have reprinted it as an E article on Beading Daily. I'm amazed at the longevity this article has had, but if you want to get the free download, click on the link. It's only downloadable for the weekend.
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You might enjoy watercolor pencils too -- they're just like regular colored pencils, with the added bonus that they act like watercolors if you wet them. I've always liked the detail that they offer, and they're very portable.
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