Watercolors

“Let me start with this: at the beginning of my watercolor journey I didn’t even know there was a specific type of paper you were supposed to use for watercolor, so I bought a little journal with thin ‘mixed media’ paper that started warping the moment a drop of water hit it… I also created the majority of these paintings with a $5 Crayola kids watercolor set I picked up from Walmart on a whim.”

“The real challenge was creating a painting or capturing an experience that I was happy with. I wouldn’t get that satisfied feeling until a few months later, when most would’ve quit or given up by then, but I was committed to sticking with it and seeing how far I could take them. I went to Alaska that May and did 7 crappy sketches. These were my first ever plein air sketches so I couldn’t really expect to be great right out the gate. But I was happy that I did them and I can look back at them to remember a bit of my trip, whether they are good or bad - doesn’t really matter to me. It’s more about the feeling and the memory.”