Watercolor Painting for Friends

Realizing I wanted some friends in the area, and knowing that I always enjoy learning new things whether it be Sign Language or miscellaneous art classes, I decided to sign up for a Watercolor Painting class that was about 5 miles from home. I tried to get a few neighbors to sign up with me, but was turned down with the excuse that "their side of the street" wasn't artistic. Boo. So I went alone. Tonight was my first class. I am pleased with the kindness and acceptance I was greeted with, however was disappointed that everyone was in their 60's (except a son of one of the women who I think was in his upper 30's, early 40's).

Everyone scattered to different areas of the home and I found myself alone in a basement room, painting in silence. The directions were to paint a positive painting using wet-in-wet and dry brush, but I had never painted with real watercolors before, so I wanted to play around. Then I was too stingy to open up a second color, so I painted completely in shades of blue. Before too long, I found out we were to share our paintings with our classmates, and I was the only one who didn't complete the assignment of a sunset with tree silhouette positive painting. Grade for following directions: FAIL. But I got a feel for how watercolor works and have given myself homework to complete the class assignment this week. Perhaps I'll even post it when I'm done. My goal is to paint a sunflower that I'm proud of by the end of the class. I've got 5 weeks...

Anyway, it was a LONG day. I got to school around 6:30am, hit the grocery store after school, then came home and went right to class until 9:30pm. I'm tired. I'm also very thankful for my student teacher who is the main teacher for the morning's lessons- I just get to pop in and add comments and directions as needed. Sweeeeet! Now it's off to bed for another early morning at school. Good Night!