I finally cleaned up my craft room on Sunday and to celebrate, I did a little crafty play that wasn't too messy. This page uses the small square gelli plate which is part of one of the packs of 3 shapes. I wanted to see what would happen if you put watercolors on the gelli plate. The answer - not much. The watercolor doesn't really spread to the edges. Next I tried using a coat of gesso on the plate and then adding the watercolor. This worked but meant a lot of cleaning brushes between layers as to not contaminate my watercolors. It was a nice experiment but I'm not sure I'm trying it again.
I used a round plate to make the middle of the flower and the rectangular one for the area of the tile. The rest is doodling. My doodling palette is very limited. This was not something I was really given to when I was younger and I never can figure out what to do other than scallops. I have a Zentangle book somewhere for ideas. The white markers worked well in the black paint and the rest is colored with the Zig Big Brush markers that I love and need to find more uses for.
The theme here is stolen moments between caregiving duties which have increased quite a bit lately. Having little things like a good book or my knitting helps tremendously. Watching something on Netflix takes my mind of things for a bit. And I'm grateful for friends particularly one who has been there as the only child of an elderly parent.
So that's my page for today. Hope you are having a good week!
Looks great Lisa!
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