Painting, my style!

I love acrylic paint, it is so vibrant and quick drying!

Bottle by dandelion and black paint, and willow charcoal

I started painting in 2004 when I was studying art at CIT, prior to that I had dabbled only with those dry-to-wet paint cakes from play packs, and after those experiences of painting outside in the middle of winter (not a great idea, but it was way too messy to do inside!) I decided to stick to drawing, and by the heater, for the next decade or so. My experimental drawing teacher helped me overcome the hesitation I had towards painting by saying simply, "so don't paint; draw". This was towards the end of the first semester and I had encountered many strange 'drawing' lessons in my time under his tutorial, such as the time we had to draw only with natural 'found' objects in black paint (I chose a dandelion) or when we had to stand 2m away from our easels and poke at the paper with an inky stick, attempting to draw a still life (not a chance!). 

 But as annoying as some of the lessons may have been at the time, looking back I do appreciate what my teacher was attempting to illustrate; be loose and don't be too careful about your markings, be 'flowy' and let it 'come through your system to your brush'. Sounds like a bit of waffle, I know, but in essence he was trying to make the point of making those mistakes that would lead to genius results, because if you're too rigid in what you are creating all of the time you will more than likely fall into a bit of an art rut rather than flourish.