Getting into the Flow

In the studio, artists are able to try many different materials as they learn to express themselves.  These opportunities allow them to choose which mediums and tools they feel most comfortable with, and which they might need to use a bit more, in order to gain mastery and build skill.  

This artist has never before used a dropper to paint with watercolors, but is excited by the idea.  She practices squeezing the dropper, sucking up and squirting out the liquid, and mixing different colors together in the various compartments.

Maintaining control over the medium, the artist discovers that she can apply small drops of paint.  Then, realizing that she can also move the paint around with the dropper, she lets go of that control and enjoys seeing the result of her purposeful movement.  Streams of color run across her paper and blend together to make a pattern of swirls.

Though the artist remains careful to keep a tight grasp on the dropper, she is at ease and accepts whatever occurs within her creation.  Becoming caught up in the gratification of this activity has resulted in a balance of thoughtful progress and carefree retreat. 

Getting into the flow, the artist and her sister both remain individually focused on their separate artworks.  They share this experience, but each put forth effort from their own personal passions, which grow from their connections with the artmaking itself.

The freedom and spontaneity inherent in making art affords this family a relaxing morning together.  At the same time, a unique experience to become both pensive and playful is offered, as they can contemplate and create with watercolor.