…before drawing butterflies in my next art piece I decided that maybe I should do some practice drawings first
Here is my first attempt at a butterfly. I think it is a bright idea to practise first. I discovered that adding colour after using my new fountain pen could be a problem because the ink from the pen bleeds when it comes in contact with water.
Thanks to Becky B for hosting BrightSquare for the month of April https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/04/09/bright-square-9/
Mama Cormier 
oh this is just gorgeous, you are so talented
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Thanks Becky.
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Carol, you are so talented. A little bleeding is good in a water color, isn’t it? I love it! 🙂
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I learned a long time ago to embrace the little mistakes in watercolour. Bleeding with ink can be a bit more dramatic and sometimes you want the ink to bleed. It adds shadow and depth to a painting.
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Yes. I’ve never tried painting except in grade school. I’m a coloring girl, and not much of that. My dad was artistic, my mom the opposite, and I’ve fallen more on her side of the gene pool.
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Marsha, I’ve never believed that being able to paint or draw is a gene pool thing. Some people have more of a natural inclination towards making art but like anything you’ll never get better if you don’t practise. If you love art take some lessons. You might surprise yourself. 🙂
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It would be a huge surprise. 🙂 Vince and I had a fun date at a local coffee shop one night where we learned to paint a specific picture. Neither of us turned out a prize winner, but we had fun. I gave our paintings to a local artist to repaint over when we moved. No room in the inn for them. 🙂
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I’m glad that you had fun. Maybe you can have more fun.
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We will have to find an offer like that. In a small town that was a big event. There were probably thirty of us there.
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