A watercolored page :)

Many years ago.......and yes, it seems like many years ago, :), I signed up for watercolor classes in my area at a local art gallery/studio. It wasn't a good experience, for me, as I just couldn't seem to "control" what I was doing and, frankly, my instructor was not one to tolerate not doing it her way and all she kept telling me was how behind everyone else I was! Well - let's just say I left the courses before I got kicked out :)

I've since started to play around more with my watercolors, in my own way, with a little help. Martha Lever's Color Drop Flower online workshop sure gave me a jump start. Her comfortable style really helped me become more friendly to watercolors. She's offering another online workshop beginning Aug. 15th and it's her Poppies class! I cannot wait.

I also took Alisa Burke's online class, awhile ago, and enjoyed her style as well. She covered a lot of color theory which I was desperately in need of. It actually got me to go out and get a color wheel :) Who would have thunk it? :) But; I loved the informal approach to her backgrounds and incorporating lots of doodling, splattering, just some fun things that really helped me enjoy water coloring and I can definitely incorporate this in my journal art with stamps, stencils, etc. All those things that I have been using with acrylics.

This photo is of one of my water color pages in my journal. I had a blast with it! The butterfly is one of Tim Holtz' stamps that I stamped and then added watercolor touches to. You might also notice a date stamp mark in the background.

I had an old date stamp, here, from my working days and decided to start using it on my journal pages. It's great to look back at the pages and see what date that I created a certain page.

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. We're upon another new week starting tomorrow. Stay safe and healthy and I'll be back towards the end of the week.

Best to all! Love, Marilyn xxoo