I had to take a break or a holiday if you will from drawing at the start of the new year. Usually a few weeks off helps re-set my brain from the holiday festivities. If you are like me and basically can draw from sun up to moon down then you need some time to wine down. I decided this year I would be a bit more proactive with drawing, watercolor etc… and in the process of that blog my successes and even failures in hopes to a) help myself in this crazy journey and b) help a fellow artist out.

So that’s the first thing now on to the now… I am currently working on watercolor (and yes I am bouncing from one medium to the other, will be heading back into drawing in the next few days due to work and research) and the important thing I find to helps me understand a different medium is to research, research, research!
Do the research, if your local craft store is offering classes and it won’t break the bank then take a moment or two and sign up. If you find an online class for watercolor I say do it. Simply because the more you know the more it’ll be easier to work in the new medium.

The beautiful about the internet is that you can watch videos, read other blogs and just be bombarded with information for the medium you are working in. I say research your medium – if you are like me trying to save money; using the internet is a big help. Sometimes if I read how to watercolor books, I am not understand a technique being used in a book so I hit up youtube, crafty and other blogs to understand how to work in watercolor or other mediums.

Before I start any new project and I’m not sure how the medium works, I research the hell out of what I’m going to work in. Why? It helps a lot with trail and error, my time is very important to me. I work full time and any other time I either do drawing or photography I mean lets face it; I’ve been working in one medium for most of my life. I’m basically a self taught artist who continues to prefect my skill. And no I don’t take my self seriously, but I do take my work very serious because I put a lot of time and effort in my work.

Okay that’s part 1 for now, part 2 will be up soon. To take away from this part one- research, don’t be afraid of making mistakes (wait I didn’t say anything about making mistakes but let me just say now don’t be afraid of making them, they could be very good mistakes or mishaps, depending how you look at it.) And most importantly get to know your new medium. Or so that’s my take on the matter… LOL