I felt a little stale last week, I still liked what I was painting but I felt I needed an exercise to get out of my normal way of thinking. Working in watercolor forces you to think about everything backwards, just what I needed to mix things up a little.
I keep seeing blog posts by other artists saying they're sick of the cold and sick of winter... well in Santa Barbara "winter" is never really here, so I can't say I'm sick of it, but I AM happy that the sun is starting to stay out later!
Zach and I headed out to First Thursday last night. And I was very happy to receive an award at the opening reception of SBAA's new show at the Channing Peake...