My sister-in-law brought over some paints and water coloring books recently. Since I was little, I’ve always found watercoloring frustrating. The paper never holds up; the colors never mix right. Needless to say, it is not my forte. But, it is a fun way to pass the time, so I tried my hand at it. These came out of these two books:
![watercolor_feathers_2](http://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/watercolor_feathers_2.jpg)
![watercolor_1](http://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/watercolor_1.jpg)
Katie made these. I especially like the splattered look!
![watercolor_4](http://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/watercolor_4.jpg)
![watercolor_3](http://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/watercolor_3.jpg)
I made these two:
![watercolor_2](http://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/watercolor_2.jpg)
![watercolor_5](http://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/watercolor_5.jpg)
My favorite were these watercolor feathers. Outside of the lines got rather messy, so I decided to cut them out. Now, they look great on my craft wall!
![watercolor_feathers_3](http://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/watercolor_feathers_3.jpg)
![watercolor_feathers_1](http://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/watercolor_feathers_1.jpg)
She then invited me to a Wine and Canvas event. It was very much like I expected on a cultural level except that it went too fast for me! I thought for sure that three hours would be enough but I was rushed the whole time. That’s ok – I did learn some things and had fun doing it. And I was one of the few in the slower crowd. Here’s what it was suppose to look like:
![](https://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wine_and_canvas_1-150x150.jpg)
And here is me hating on my grass:
![](https://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image-whoops-150x150.png)
And the final (awful) result, below. I had a smear of blue along the water line, so I made a whale tail (well, I tried to). I was afraid to add birds and I didn’t quite get what she was saying about them, so I just made the little hump birds from childhood. I had more fun doing the little lighthouse and fence posts (which are my favorite) than anything else. I don’t think impressionistic is my style. I got pretty frustrated being rushed at the end (for the clouds) and time ran out so ta-da, I guess. At any rate, it’s hanging at Boy’s office now! I’d do it again, don’t let me fool you:)
![](https://www.thecrafties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wine_and_canvas_2-150x150.jpg)
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