[Aquanet] rediscovering the fun

[Patrick Davis]

Hi, gang.

Lately I have been taking my painting too seriously, seriously enough 
that it had become more like work than an enjoyable hobby. Since I'm 
retired and I don't need to sell to live, that was pretty stupid of me.

In any event, for the last two days I have been having a hoot making 
silly little greeting cards. The first was made as a monoprint where I 
painted a nothing wee landscape on glass with w/c and gouache and 
transferred it to wet w/c paper; the second was done with children's 
washable felt markers on card stock. It was then wet and sprinkled with 
pickling salt. The results of both are
very pleasing to me. I'll do a few more of these before returning to 
"serious" painting  as they've given me quite an emotional lift, esp. at 
the end of a long winter.

If you'd like to see the cards, you can access my Flickr page at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30425828@N04/?saved=1

smilin' like a fool
pat