The Colour Me Positive prompt for week 9 was all about being playful and embracing one’s inner child. You know, that thing that control freak me has trouble with. However, an art journal is a far easier context for me to let loose and mess around than when creating a response to an art course lesson.
I had a page in my art journal that was just covered in puddles of watercolour. I had used it to demonstrate wet on wet techniques to my kids. I thought, therefore, that this prompt would make good use of this page. I have also been using single line drawings with my boys, which we refer to as taking a line for a walk, so I decided to deploy that same technique on my page. I, therefore, drew the face without lifting my pen from the page. I used a fountain pen rather than my dip pen to assist me with that. I added little details to the features using coloured pen and pencil just to make those elements pop a bit against the watercolour background.
A Pict in PA 
I love your playfulness and color, Laura.
Thank you, Sharon. My journal pages tend towards the quick and easy in recent months.
That is so cool! I don’t think I could do something that good in a hundred years! And the whole concept is inspired– drawing on a page that’s already been soaked with watercolor. It all works beautifully.
I must ask: did you make a thumbnail sketch somewhere? Or perhaps put a light pencil outline on the painted page? Anything to help guide you? Or was the line drawing entirely freeform, and off the top of your head? Either way, you have a wonderful intuitive artistic sense.
I love the different colored eyes, and the tiny colored oval that helps define the chin. Beautiful work, Laura!! : )
Thank you very much, Mark. No, it’s completely free form with no prior sketching or planning. I got myself painted into a corner a few times but I just retraced over lines to get me to a spot where the pen could take off again.
Good job Laura!
Thank you!