This week I began my first paint exploration session. I had put off using my paint supplies I purchased last week because I thought that the whole ‘set-up’ process would be a bit tedious. Turns out I was wrong! It took me all of about 2 minutes to set myself up next to the fire. I kept the expectations low, as I had only planned to play around with what the colours looked like on paper.

I decided to try out the acrylic paint set and will be saving my watercolours for another session. I happened to be away with my sister so she joined me in the painting as well, which made it less stressful because there’s fun in numbers. I painted for about 30 minutes and ended up with two pieces that I have posted below. I found that adding water to the paint once it was on the paper helped spread the paint out, which meant I used less paint to cover more space. I was worried about painting the rocks around the fireplace so I did not paint all the way to the edges of the paper.