Painter's Play Day

Supplies set out and ready to go:

The gouache paints we'll be using

palette knife and palette paper for mixing

4 flat brushes in assorted sizes

1 large round brush

1 small brush

1 canvas panel

2 watercolor cards

2 watercolor brushes

jars of water for rinsing brushes

They'll be set out on the big table after we finish
serving lunch:
coffee
apple juice
lasagna

relish tray:
carrot sticks
celery sticks
radishes
pickled beets
dill pickles

bread sticks

dessert will be an assortment of fancy chocolates








After Lunch we settled in to paint but the mood was light and silly so we weren't too concerned about turning out anything very artisitic.

The main goal was to get comfortable with a paint that was new to us and how much water a person should or shouldn't us with it.

After everyone left I did some experimenting with different ways to add to the images we started with.

With this one I drew in leaves and flowers and added ink and marker to enhance some of them stopping here to send back to the gal so she can try this or other ideas on it.

We don't stop there. The adventure continues through the mail until we're able to meet again when we'll experiment with mixing different sorts of paints and other media to see what sorts of effects we can get with them.

I liked the corner of that floral painting, it gives me an idea for a fabric design.