Christmas Magic

This Christmas, I have challenged myself not to tackle doing any animals at all and have returned my hand to more traditional, botanical art-forms.  Actually, it was in response to someone asking me, if I ever did botanical works.  

Long ago, when I first started out painting - like many artists, one is destined to tackle plant forms only because one often finds the painting - less strenuous when one is trying to master a new medium.  

For me, it is an opportunity to revisit 'control of the medium' - in this case, watercolour.  If you have read my last post, you will realise I also wanted to tackle new techniques that I have not had an opportunity to do so.  Christmas time not only provides time to relax, but allows one time to extend one's abilities.  So in this piece, I have tested salting my baubles, to get a shimmery effect.  It's not quite as I had experimented, but you will have to agree, the natural flow of pigment pooling to one area on the bauble, works well in this watercolour piece.