Decorating Princess

This is one of my favorite paintings & it’s one of my first watercolors.  It doesn’t have a name, poor thing. I think I like it because of the simplicity of techniques.  As I painted more, I worried about all the little details, but here the paint really speaks.  Talking paint, scary huh?

I wish it had some great story behind it, like I was channeling the grief I felt when my dog was sick.  However, I don’t remember when I painted, or even why. In fact, I’ve ever tried to recreate it on several occasions & it just doesn’t turn out the same.  The lesson is here, sometimes it just works.  Even though it’s a rare & fleeting thing at least when I paint, it makes all of the times when the paintings turn out "icky" worth it.