December third was my 31st birthday and it was by far my best birthday yet! I spent the day with my three favorite people, had a yummy dinner at a good restaurant called the Red Water Rustic Grille and was given a very cool gift by my lovely husband Oliver. The very cool gift was a set of watercolour paints, brushes and palette! Something I've wanted for some time now! Here is my first attempt at watercolour painting....
I have a lot to learn and I find learning a new medium to be challenging but fun! This picture was done on 9" x 12" watercolour paper for my beautiful wonderful Oliver. I'm not 100% happy with it but hey, it's my first try! I am finding that I need more time and more concentration for watercolours than I do for acrylics. Acrylics are SO much easier! Plus I can easily fix mistakes when using acrylics but watercolours are less forgiving. The above image is chalk full of mistakes that if I had been using acrylics would be non existent now so with the watercolours I need to concentrate on being more careful and thinking things through before putting brush to paper. I'm looking forward to the next chance I get to try my hand at my latest endeavor!
This is absolutely fabulous Kim!!! You've nailed it again! What a dear little kitty and all the flowers and bugs and goodies around her. Is there no end to your talent?
Posted by: Debby | Dec 07, 2011 at 05:44 PM
I love it Kim! How creative!!!
Posted by: Maja | Dec 08, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Kim, I know there are things you might want to change in your picture but personally I don't see any mistakes at all. Just a beautiful piece of work.
Posted by: Marguerite | Dec 09, 2011 at 09:08 PM
Thanks everyone! It's funny how often times the work I am unhappy with is well recieved by others and then my very favorites are often the paintings or drawings that are most overlooked! I'm glad you all like this one :)
Posted by: Kim Naumann | Dec 12, 2011 at 12:13 PM