I thought I’d try out the Sennelier watercolor block I discovered the other day buried in my studio. Â Watercolor is a medium I’m not terribly familiar with. Â I did maybe 10-12 large watercolor still lifes back in the late ’80s, but otherwise, I have mostly avoided it — except for small watercolor pencil drawings (paintings?) over the last few years — until just a few weeks ago.
This time, I soaked the paper pretty thoroughly, taped it down, and started to paint. Â Hours later, the paper was still mostly wet, and the colors were still bleeding. Â So, this is messier than I’m completely comfortable with, but there it is, FWIW.