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Disappointment and Trusting God
I have had this fear for a long time, …a fear of messing up or wasting good paper. Good watercolor paper is expensive. I have fallen into the trap of buying the cheaper paper far too many times. I can’t count the times I have used cheaper paper and had it begin to disintegrate…
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Back to School
This year I am doing something I haven’t done in 15 years. I am educating only one child at home . My youngest daughter, the cats, and I are enjoying our quiet mornings together while the rambunctious boys are enjoying the local public high school. So far the school year has begun quite…
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Getting Back to Watercolors
Last May, I purchased a special cup, for a dear friend of mine, as a birthday gift. I was a cool “project cup” I bought at Starbucks. The cup comes apart so that you can design the insert. This past New Year’s I made a resolution to finish one project a month. The first…
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I Really Need To Get Over It
I have a fear, I know in the depths of my heart, I really need to get over. Fear of failure. Fear that it will be more messy than beautiful. But can’t the messy be beautiful too? Won’t you come on over to (in)courage and find out if it can be? I’m writing over…
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Gratitude: Stretching Paper {And Myself}
I am so thankful encouraging words. A little backstory for # 413… This past week I really have been feeling a push to “stretch” myself and stretch myself some watercolor paper, and paint, even if it is just a few minutes a week. (Gotta start somewhere.) Emily, at Chatting At the Sky, has been…