Pattern Studies 08 / Watercolor

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Something happen recently.

I decided to just make, instead of criticizing my work and aiming for perfection.

I was itching to use some watercolors, but I was little apprehensive since I haven’t used watercolors in a long time. I wasn’t confident that I would be successful.

BUT I decided to just go for it. If it ended up terribly, no one would see it anyways. Throwing perfection out the window and deciding to just explore without harsh judgement, I ending up throughly enjoying the process – it was so calming. I also was happy to discover that the texture and color variation of watercolor stays pretty consistent when scanned into Photoshop. Yay and yay!

Lastly, I think it’s the most important lesson that was reiterated to me:

Imperfection is beauty. Embrace it.

I can’t wait to play around with more watercolor patterns! I’d love to know: Have you ever decided to just make? How did it turn out? Let me know in the comments or on Twitter! 

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  1. I love that! “imperfection is beauty” is my motto! I personally prefer when something looks handmade. When I first started spinning (and even sometimes now) my yarn was all slubby but looking back on it, I really love how that looked! I find it so much more beautiful than “perfectly” machine-made looking. I think your watercolors are “imperfectly perfect!” 🙂

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    • Thanks so much, Carol! I completely agree and think that it’s the imperfections that make some quirky and interesting! I love that your yarn has a unique ‘carol-made’ look to it! 🙂

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    • Aw, thanks, Georgeanne! Watercolors are so fun to play around with because they definitely lend themselves to imperfect randomness. 🙂

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    • I love that, Jenny! I class myself as imperfect as well and agree that the most interesting things are less than perfect 🙂 Thanks, lovely lady!

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