I love everyone’s suggestions so far, and I’m actually going to try all of them at one point or another. For now, though, I’ve been basking in that wonderful feeling I can only describe as Yay! Please note the following image: I recently entered this image in a contest with the theme Heat, and I actually placed second after judging—woohoo! I’m feeling warm all over. Share this post:
Still a novice at this painting-by-hand thing, I whipped out the watercolors and doodled mindlessly in bed during the commercials while watching Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on cable television. Yes, I was playing with watercolors in bed, without paper towels no less. Never mind mask-taping the paper to a backboard of any kind; I was far too lazy for even that. I didn’t even sketch drafts first; I just set brush to paper and let the watercolors flow. Clearly I…