Today's the fifth of March, and for once, I am ready with my Five in Five photos for Sandie's meme. The task is to take as many photos as you can (or want) in five minutes and post just five of them. Knowing I needed to publish my intentions for March, I thought I'd photograph some of what I've been working on while we're visiting Sarah. My creative intention this month is to spend some time exploring watercolors. One way I'm doing it, is with this book:
I've purchased other books on watercolors, but this is the best one, by far! I've read and reread some of the introductory pages, and just started some of the exercises. Here's one of the first:
The author recommends buying a set of student grade watercolors, but I've owned some Daniel Smith, professional grade watercolors for a long time. The next exercise requires some mixing, and it will probably take me some time to figure out the "recipes" for the specific colors we're going to need for later lessons. The smaller palette in this photo was a recent purchase the bottom six wells were prefilled with colors I didn't own, and I filled the top three with new colors I'd recently bought.
I discovered this lovely brush and pen holder on a calligraphy blog I follow, and it's perfect for traveling.
After playing around yesterday, and throwing out quite a few experiments that didn't pan out, I had an urge to paint something that could eventually become a card. This lovely hydrangea by Gina K fit the bill.
I"m also watching some Altenew videos in watercolor classes I've subscribed to and never finished. So there's the five in five and the major intention for March.
In addition, I'll be trying to finish one book from my unread shelves. I'm in the midst of Lenten devotional reading (Lent in Plain Sight: A Devotion Through Ten Objects and The Hope of Glory: Reflections on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross) as well as reading two library books, so I'll be grateful to get just one book off the unread shelf. And because I enjoyed the photo-a-day project last month, I'm planning to continue that as well.
