Watercolor

I've been very involved with watercolor.paper.colored pencils.paints lately.  It started when I found five very old (from the 80's) coloring books that I bought from a Christian bookstore that had: Words of Jesus, Psalms to Color, Proverbs to Color, The Ten Commandments & Bible Verses to Color.  About 15 years ago when I was in to shrink plastic, we made little wall hangings using sharpies to outline & color with colored pencils.  I still have several that I made & see the one made for Phyllis in her Las Vegas home guest bath when we go to visit.  It makes me smile every time.

I've also loved watercolor anything--that's why I love batik.  It is free form, unassuming, subtle, simple.  It's okay to go outside the line.  I know that I am not an artist that can draw with pen or paint but watercolor-for me-is doable--no wrong way--letting colors do what they will.  It's magical.  So, before Easter, I found the 9x12 inch water color paper, transfer paper & proceeded to do full-size word pictures:first transferring images with tracing paper; outlining with fine sharpies; coloring with water color pencils & lastly using a water brush awakening the color.  Did a bunch of them, scanned them into the computer, printed them smaller for card fronts.  Even had the grandkids do it as an activity~~printed at Costco.  The Greig girls used their 4x6's on the front of their 6x6 books that they made at a sleepover.  I'm a firm believer that the more opportunity that they have to be exposed to making things with their hands, making things for others will help them to have confidence & build their self worth.

Along those lines, watched a YouTube video by GirlGeekLovesStampin' and she used distress inks on her embossing folders to make beautiful wonderful cards.  I love the randomness= #you#don't#know#what#you'll#get#but#you'll#love#it# kind of art.

Wrapping us this post.  Hubby wants to watch Korean.  We're watching Dandelion Family on ep.16.