Which tends to be most things I find. These are my first attempts
at watercolour, from back in the 90s or maybe it was the late 80s
(I've forgotten that too). I decided to go to a class held by
a Bahraini artist. This was my first tentative attempt:
and yes, it really was that faint and timidly painted!
From my second attempt, I realised that this is supposed to some part
of Bahrain's coastline, with seagulls flying overhead:
to do something called a wash, and getting the sky and the sea right.
I don't think I succeeded, although they are at least identifiable in this one.
My third painting rather surprised me (today, I mean. I'm not sure
if it surprised me back when I did it). I think it's painted off
a photograph I took years ago on a visit to Mysore. Somewhere
near Tipu Sultan's summer palace, if my memory serves me
correctly? Which it frequently does not. Anyhow, I like this one
so naturally I uploaded it as "Large".
Yes. Nothing profound today. Just decluttered pictures. And
unsuccessfully-decluttered memories.
3 comments:
I thought it was important to put them up because:
1. I'm always worried my work's "not good enough" and I really need to get over that! There'll always be better or worse and it really doesn't matter which I am. The important thing is to be happy with what I've done, and not expect to be perfect - and not be ASHAMED of being imperfect. So this is a start.
2. There may be someone else out there who feels the same way I do, about THEIR work.
These are beautiful! An inspiration for me, as I have just picked up watercolors for the first time.
How nice, Barb! I like watercolours cos they're so .. well, fluid! Unpredictable. Although my favourite is a plain old pencil :-) I've also tried watercolour pencils which are really nice for illustrations as it's somehow more controllable and they work very well for me with shading esp on words .. shall put some up if I haven't already.
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