I must admit that I know very little about art in general. My last art class was in grade school. The flow of watercolor and peaceful nature of the strokes are what drew me to it. My mother is an art teacher in the town where I grew up and although she is a fabulous artist, it never inspired me to do anything with my own artistic nature until last year...

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During painting my first few paintings i learned a lot. I learned first to let go of control and also how to gain control of the water. I learned how to mix color to create especially difficult color such as grey. At fist it was very difficult, but after some time mixing and experimenting, the process seemed easy. That was when I began learning about how to make lighter colors by adding more water...

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Thus far the pictures I have mad have been fairly simplistic. It was difficult especially for me to let go of the control and then let the water do its own thing. The work of others inspired me and I painted some flowers. I didn’t worry so much about making the flowers into their perfect shape, but instead, just let the water flow. I used more color than I had before and that made me see that the more color in a painting, the easier it is to see what to do next...

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The greeting card was a very different assignment than all of the others. In this one there were a lot more variables. The first step was to think how big am I gong to make this card? That brought into question another thing: Do I want to pay extra postage to make this card bigger? I think it is best to stay within the standard size for shipping reasons...

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