Waterfall

With many of these new acrylics, I’ve been porting over some of the lessons learned from watercolor into what I do with this medium. This paint is still a total experiment for me, which I suppose is what is so fun about it. I have an idea I want to try, then watch to see what the paint does, then work a little magic until it starts to come together.

I’ve seen a lot of ”paint pouring” going on and though I appreciate it in that it allows people that really haven’t experienced making any kind of art to appreciate the painting and to be creative, I’m compelled to try to take it to a place where it isn’t all experimental and I have a plan going in. Even if the plan doesn’t pan out exactly as I imagined it, (does it ever?) … it helps me to complete it as a fine art with the tenets of painting applied, that also include layering, and being patient. Working in layers, allowing them to dry, then working on them again.

I think that’s been working in my favor and it sort of reminds me of growing and how, even at this age, I am still growing. Realizing things I wish I had in earlier years but also understanding it’s the hard things we go through that teach us the most.

I try hard not to cling to an outcome these days. It’s so frustrating when you don’t get what you want, but in hindsight, it’s also easier to see why it wasn’t meant for you when you didn’t.

Sometimes, too, I think the universe has a different plan, and you are the vehicle that is meant to help someone else. I think that’s an OK situation too. It’s giving back. It is always my intention.

Waterfall… let it flow.