Love the word serendipity and it's meaning. Rick and I have enjoyed and looked forward to our serendipitous finds, keeping our eyes open for such events, and remaining open to exploring these occasions. We've made some delightful discoveries.
This is true in relation to his photography and my painting. We continue to be intrigued with what we happen upon when not looking for it. These fortunate discoveries are there waiting to be explored.
I've been asked by a NC chapter to teach watercolors in a seminar. Watercolors? I'm an acrylic artist and am just learning about painting with watercolors. I was hesitant at first but decided to look on this as a learning opportunity. I'm always glad to pass on to others anything that I learn. So I've been studying watercolors and the more I learn, the more exciting they become. Since I understand value, colors, line... my greatest challenge is becoming familiar with the media. What paper do I prefer? How do the paints interact and react? ... But that's the fun, experimenting and trying different techniques.
Now, what to paint? I had been through lots of photos on my computer looking for an inspiration that might work with the techniques that I've discovered. I had found some possibilities but wasn't excited about any of them. Then, I passed the computer when my screen saver was displaying one of Rick's photos of our cat, Dusty, and that was it. See what you think.
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| Day Dreaming: Dusty |
Serendipity: unexpected fortunate discoveries. An aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
Open up to your artistic serendipity: explore, try new techniques, recognize an interesting result even if wasn't what you were expecting, learn, and share. Develop your aptitude.
Liz
