Hello my friends!
This is a tag I created a few days ago for the watercolour challenge at The One Little Tag Craft Challenge. For those of you who don't know what this is, it is a Facebook group created by Jenny Barnett Rohs of Craft Test Dummies. The focus of the group is to encourage everyone to try and be creative every day, or as often as you can. The theory being that by taking just a few minutes and doing a small tag, nothing elaborate, every day could keep the creative juices flowing. I enjoy making the tags, so I tend to spend a little more time on them. I don't get to them every day, but I would say I do something creative most days. I usually go to our art club twice a week and if I'm not being creative, I am often thinking about what I will do the next time I am! So whether you spend 10 minutes or 2 hours on a tag, you are staying inspired! It is also a good opportunity to do some experimenting without making a big commitment. So if there are any of you that are looking for some inspiration or encouragement and would like to share some of your art, or just see what other are up to and to gain some inspiration, I would encourage you to check it out. It is no longer just tags, anything you create can be posted, cards, art journals, drawings etc. there is a weekly prompt, that is completely optional. There are also random draws for giveaways. A lot of fun and a good group of people. Anyways, back to my tag, lol
Watercolour is not my medium. I like to paint, but I paint in acrylics and I just don't have the knack of watercolour. I suppose some lessons would help. I do like to play around and drop paint onto a wet paper and let it blend organically, and play around. I did a landscape, or attempted one, that I have to admit I scrapped. But I was determined to do at least one scene. So this is quite simple, but I don't mind how it turned out. I used Winsor Newton watercolours, and Crayola brush pens on the stamp of the girl with the umbrella. I struggled with watercolours this week. But I also had a lot of fun with my "Purple Girl". I stepped out of my comfort zone, which was the most important thing, more important than the result. I hope everyone does that once in a while, it helps us discover new things. I wonder how many things I would have missed had I never strayed from my comfort zone.
Well, lots of words tonight, I usually try and keep things short and sweet. Thanks so much for taking the time to read and for letting me, once again, share my little pieces of art with you.
Kim xo
