WELCOME TO THE NEW!

It seems very fitting and timely to be starting this blog at the end of what seems to be one of the most difficult, challenging and foreboding depressing years I have ever experienced in my 47 years on this planet.  If anything, it has reminded me of the importance of being grounded, focused and at peace with myself, my surroundings, people around me as well as the need to get back to basics and the simplicity of really living well in the now.

As art will be the main focus of this new blog, I want to share and experience creativity as a way of therapy, healing and meditation in daily life, and play with materials new and old because everyone loves art supplies right?  Art in its many forms and incarnations has been a very big part of my life from a very young age and it continues to be now and will always be into the future.

I have always loved painting, drawing and making things, and as a child would spend hours upon hours in my room buried in paper and coloured pencils and pens drawing and imagining. Throughout high school I found photography and animation and as an adult immersed myself in the world of architecture which became my profession through university and later on a small private practice. Several other hobbies added to my collection of passions include quilting, playing the piano and gardening.  Out of all these things, I am most drawn to watercolour painting and sketching, in particular, urban sketching, plein air painting and nature journaling. 

My intention with this blog is to share my art journey through watercolours and sketching. As a complete amateur, I want to improve my skills and hone techniques through exploration of colour, materials and practice.  

Lets paint, learn and grow together and find a little calm on the way.  

I will see you in the next post

Be well

Happy painting :)