[Aquanet] rediscovering the fun

[patchapin at mindspring.com]

Both cards look like you had lots of fun -- I have to go figure out what is 
'pickling salt'.  The exuberance of both pieces shows up for sure, Pat!

And you of course bring up a good point -- when it gets to be like work, we 
all need to be doing something else, as the muse leaves the table then.

pat chapin
www.patchapin.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Davis" <peedee at nucleus.com>
To: "Aquanet" <aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:53 AM
Subject: [Aquanet] rediscovering the fun


> 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
> Aquanet mailing list
> Aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.net
> http://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanet
>
> Check out the Aquanet web site:
> http://www.aquanetart.com