These photos entertain me - as the counter mess is clear in all of them, but especially so in the vertical one! Also, you'll see in that one that I have a "box" of tube paints out. I haven't worked with liquid watercolor in a while, but I do have that box, which has a hodgepodge of some old (and I'm sure not very good) paint from some set or other as well as a number of tubes I bought back when I first started experimenting with watercolor. I tend (right now) to prefer cakes/pans (and I've been making a list of pans I want to buy separately [probably from Dick Blick so I don't have to bother with the behind-the-counter thing] to supplement my standby black and white Winsor and Newton set). As I contemplated color for this series, I thought I'd poke around in the box [partly because I thought I was going a pink route and might have something pinkish in there. I ended up going a different direction - but I did end up using a few tubes mixed with pans].
Thanks for sharing those photos! The cards are adorable, but I like the mess. It always makes me feel more at home when I see that other people have messes too. Somehow I KNOW that they do, but seeing it makes me feel less scattered and alone. Thanks again for sharing this part of your life with us. Its' good to know I'm not alone. I figure my kids having ME & Daddy is more important than them having a spotless home.
Hey Amy-- Looks like your cards are coming along great! For my next ATC, I want to try sketching and watercolor. I do lots of collage and not enough drawing on mine! ;) Love the mess, too... it does make me feel less of a crazy person, because we have messes too- and sometimes you just have to leave the mess so you can have time to create. I know there is a mountain of laundry waiting on me. :))))