Once we were playing with watercolour blots with my grandchild. First we painted some blots with different colors and then drew with inkpencil on them. It was fun!
Above is hippo by six year old grandchild.
Have fun with watercolour
Shades of gray
At the shore. Yellow of the dried long grass, grey of the trees. The lake is not yet frozen.
Beautiful moss rug
At fall one can find beautiful colors on the cliffs. The colors remind me of the rug my grandmother has made and designed (part of it below).
My grandmother had no schooling at textile craft but made great curtains and rugs. Also clothes.
“Just add egg”
We can still make the colors by ourselves. One can use mere pigments and egg, oil and water as emulsion. That is called tempera painting.
The base for tempera can be wood, fabric or almost anything.First image I have painted on self-made chalk base and the second (above) on Lanavanguard, polypropylen -paper.
I once got inspiration from an article at an artist magazine Just add egg!
Sculptures from the woods
In the forest you should keep your eyes open, you can find works of art on the ground.
Birds by an young painter
Grandson, the painter, visiting. Now he is 6 years.
August
Part of my new watercolor Vegetable objects.
Trees by the lake
Roses
For the dark winter days: I collect rose petals, simmer them in jojoba oil and get some fragrant treatment oil.
Natural forms
Vilho Soronen from Koikkala Juva is wood artist: he can make pieces of furniture from birch gnarl (pahka in Finnish).