What is So Special About Watercolor?
Watercolor painting is a media like no other. When watercolor is dropped from a brush onto wet paper magic happens. The colors flow and blend instantly. There is a mystery and challenge with watercolor.
"Art enables us to find ourselves & lose ourselves at the same time. "
This is a quote by Thomas Merton. These are times of worry and anxiety about the present and the future, and not knowing what challenges we will have to face. But being involved with art and creating gives us a gift of being able to escape these things for awhile. We can use our minds for a completely different purpose, and use our right brain as we open ourselves up to our inner artist. When we are working on a painting we focus on color and ideas, and what we are trying to say. We look around us for inspiration and see our beautiful surroundings with an artist's eye.
This is a quote by Thomas Merton. These are times of worry and anxiety about the present and the future, and not knowing what challenges we will have to face. But being involved with art and creating gives us a gift of being able to escape these things for awhile. We can use our minds for a completely different purpose, and use our right brain as we open ourselves up to our inner artist. When we are working on a painting we focus on color and ideas, and what we are trying to say. We look around us for inspiration and see our beautiful surroundings with an artist's eye.
It is like planting a seed in a garden. We are planting creativity in our minds. You water the garden as you learn painting skills, you weed out negative thoughts, and you take care of it so it will thrive.
The arts train your mind to discover solutions and help build self confidence. Freeing up your mind is the key to problem solving and creativity. Nourish your garden, and use your imagination to "grow" your own artistic life.
The arts train your mind to discover solutions and help build self confidence. Freeing up your mind is the key to problem solving and creativity. Nourish your garden, and use your imagination to "grow" your own artistic life.
