I've spent the evening playing with my four year old daughter's watercolors.
There is something so inviting about swirling colorful hues of blue and green onto a piece of 110 pound paper....
As usual however, my random water play didn't last too long. Before I knew it, I was engaged in the process of coaxing this winged beauty to reveal herself. Without my meaning to, I've somehow managed to capture her basic form; and, now I am using acrylic paints and India inks to pull forth the colorful details that lie hidden within the fibers of the paper.
There's something magical about Crayola watercolors. Just ask any four year old and they will tell you! Most grown ups have become inured to the mystery of color as it oozes, and swirls, and transforms itself!
Even I forget....
Thank goodness for my children!
They remind me that there are still colorful worlds hidden in the ordinary that are begging to be discovered! All I need to do, is pick up a piece of paper, wet down a pat of blue watercolor paint and start swirling my brush!
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