what i made | watercolour cards

at the gallery i work at we've begun putting together a series of workshops called ArtGO. the premise of the workshops is to engage people in new mediums in a low stress environment. we want to encourage people to be creative and have fun - without the structure and attempts to attain a perfect finished product. on sunday my colleague hosted one entitled: "splatter, drip, splotch: an adventure in aqueous media & quirky characters." it was a total success with the theme of the day being "accidental art." 

to be honest though it was very difficult for me because i'm always aiming for some sense of perfection.  after the first twenty minutes i gave up and just tried different techniques - this was the result:

for this card and the envelope below, i spritzed the watercolour paper with a spray bottle of water. then i dropped the paint and watched as it spread organically across my canvas.

for these cards i did a little bit of painting, a little bit of splotching and a lot of dripping and running. sounds pretty technical eh?