Rainy Day Art Session

Shhh don't tell him, but I was secretly pleased when the first day of the holidays was a rainy one. It meant I could take a break from work and instead we could get down and get creative.

I have recently fallen back in love with watercolours and Ebi-kun saw what I was doing and wanted to try too. We watched some hand lettering videos on YouTube then tried our own hand at it.

Not as easy as it looks. The strange thing here is that Ebi-kun HATES calligraphy at school but he happily sat for a couple of hours doing it in English! Maybe I'm nicer than his teacher!

We did seem to take over the whole living room with our creativity, which I don't mind, there is always a time to get messy! I'll share some of the finished pieces when the paint has dried!

Creativity Challenge - new paints

New Watercolour Paints!

As we continue with out creativity challenge I decided it was about time I treated myself to some new paints. Or more accurately, some paints! All the paints I have bought in recent years have been for Ebi-kun really. 

I have been feeling drawn to doing more water colour work, so when I was in Tokyo I went on a mission to find something suitable. 

I remembered going to a big art store with  my friend Paige but couldn't remember where it was, I sent her a quick message and she sent me the name of an art shop back, plugged it into google maps and off I went. When I got there I realised it wasn't the store we were at before but it was 4 floors of arty goodness. Yes, I was in there quite a while!

It is a loooong time since I have done any watercolour work and the brush that came with the set holds water in the handle, I was a bit dubious at first but now I am loving it!

So here is one of my first dabbles, you can probably tell I am still trying to get used to the new brush but I liked how they turned out.

So how is your creativity challenge going? Did you try anything new this week?