I stayed home from work sick yesterday and because I’m a glutton for punishment I decided to wait at the DMV for most of the day to renew my license.  I don’t think it did much to help my sickness.  I didn’t start my creative thing until about 8pm at night.  An early start in comparison to my usual start times.

I haven’t given watercolor a try in a while so I decided to give it another go this evening.  This time I actually used a pencil first to draw out my picture.  I was reminded quite quickly of how watercolor is quite tough to work with.  I guess it’s my urge to improve which keeps bringing me back to it.  I usually learn something every time I do it and this time I learned that If I decide to do watercolor again I have to give myself more time to work on it.  The painting part moves quite quickly but in order to paint over top you have to wait for it to dry.  I can’t use a hair dryer because usually the baby is asleep.

Because this time I drew it out first I made more work for myself in the end.  I used more colors than I’ve ever used in a single watercolor.  Also, as the clock ticked later and later the more impatient I began to be and the sloppier I was at adding last minute details.

In the end I know I could have done this better if I took every step slower and with more patience.  I think my sickness was perhaps adversely influencing my work habit.