My whole life I have been said that I am good at many things but painting. That was a fact. My elementary school art was... well let's just say I should have keep it to have some good laugh.
When I stayed home with my daughter I was loosing my mind and decided to do something for just me. Why not to challenge myself. I took classes through city collage. Watercolor painting classes... The first approaches... well let's just say I should have keep it to have some good laugh. Unfortunately I have no place to keep unwanted items. I made a basic mistake by saving money on watercolor paper. I thought I can buy more expensive one once I learn how to paint. The reality is that you will never learn unless you have a good paper, brushes and paint. Here the quality makes BIG difference.
After two weeks I bought cotton paper from Michaels which with 40% coupon was a good deal.
So for months I kept some of my paintings and at some point I decided to hang them in spare bedroom.
I used demonstration by Joanne Boon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kabOr6tlnkI
The birch tree was by Danny Chen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhHrnmhgBPk&list=PLDFA38DE060D338FC
Flowers in the pot come from a book I borrowed from the library. I don't recall the title now, but it was an easy technique that uses masking fluid and reflections.
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