hi Lil
I have worked with watercolours - I did these 2 a few years ago just to give it a go(tho they are actually quite a lot bigger than they look). I just find them fiddly and time consuming and unforgiving if you make a mistake. But I loved doing big colourful paintings with acrylics & put on with a spatula cos you get great texture that way- I don't have a lot of patience and that was so immediate I could get what was in my head onto paper really fast before it vanished :) And I love bright colours. Plus if you go wrong with acrylics you can paint over them. I could get something I liked done in a couple of hours like that. But then I started reacting to the chems so can't use them now.
Another thing with watercolours is that they are ...ummm...watery, tho you're maybe using better quality paints than I was.
So i'm thinking maybe I could try gouache or poster paints and thicken them up somehow so I can get that acrylic texture again.
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