Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals

5 PROJECT Imaginary Animals

Abstract Watercolor Starts

Sometimes you need to figure out ways to work around your natural tendencies if you want different results.

I tend to be neat and precise (some would say “tight”), especially after I’ve spent a fair amount of time on a drawing: I start to lose courage and don’t want to “mess it up.” For this reason, I often intentionally “mess up” the piece first thing, and in this case, with random watercolor marks.

Starting in this manner is a freeing way to work. You just splatter the paint on the page with little thought as to outcome. Work fast. Put on music if you like. Paint several pieces of paper ...