Post #2370650

I’m not entirely sure why watercoloring is so fulfilling, though I suspect it has to do with self-expression and mastery. Watercoloring, like poetry or creative nonfiction, lets me express my vision of the world. To paint I must notice beauty (or interestingness), observe the scene, analyze its form, and make sense of it. Then I must decide what parts of it to express in the simplified form of the painting. Finally I must apply the technique of painting to put down on paper what I have decided to paint. It’s possible to develop skill in all these phases and I’m ofc simplifying and also giving the false impression of it being purely sequential.