Wet on Wet Painting

This afternoon Cameron and I had our first try at wet on wet painting.

I've been wanting to do this for ages but kept holding myself back with not having the perfect paper, paints, boards, brushes etc. Then I read a short passage about it in One-to-One and there were some good practical pointers about it that made me realise that perhaps I was being a bit too perfectionist about it!

So we used lining paper and some water colour paints that we had in the crafts cupboard. We do have some better quality ones but they are such tiny blocks of paint and I thought that would make it more fiddly for Cameron. Now that we know we like it, and want to try again, I think I might invest in some watercolour paints designed for this specific purpose.

We chose bonfire colours, as tonight is bonfire night, and then we just let the activity direct us really.

Cameron particularly enjoyed watching the colours spread and bleed into each other.

If the rain ever stops, we shall be bundled up and enjoying sparklers and bonfire toffee in the garden this evening!