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Engaging in precision hobbies like RC model building and flying teaches us the value of patience, focus, and consistent effort. These activities challenge us to stay grounded while working towards perfection, mirroring many of life’s lessons.

Interestingly, these same qualities are reflected in the Knight of Pentacles card from the tarot. This card symbolizes dedication, hard work, and a methodical approach to achieving goals. For those curious about the deeper meaning behind this card, the Knight of Pentacles Tarot Guide offers insightful perspectives that resonate both in personal growth and hobbies requiring precision.

How do your hobbies influence your mindset and approach to life’s challenges? Have they taught you lessons about persistence or creativity? Let’s share our experiences and explore how precision-based activities shape our outlook!

Ah Spring, The sun is out longer each day, the snow is melting all away, soon we'll see colours at play, as spring puts on her bright display.

Ok so I am a better painter than poet :) but it's always a joy to see colours in nature. This winter I have been painting using lots of colour in my animals, yet the colours are often hidden, subtle just like they are outside. I have been studying if any of the rocks in our area have pigment, but while it seems that on the coast there are many, here there are few to none in any in any amount. So I looked to nature. I went for a walk and noticed pale green beard lichen on the trees and collected it to see if I could draw the colour out to make paint or dye. It's a painstaking process as aft…

I am celebrating the start of a new year by expanding my art to new venues. My original art posted is now available on Etsy for even easier ability to order, As always my originals come matted (unless you request otherwise) and signed with archival quality products, and packaged to safely arrive at the buyers home.

Visit my store at https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ColetteWatercolours

Member Sale!

You may notice that prices on Etsy are higher that what currently posted on this site. Member - I got you covered! From now until February 14th, all original works on this site are available at the 2022 price when purchased through this site's contact form for members. Contact me through this site by February 14th and receive the Members only promotion, as my Valentines gift to you.

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Christmas Gifts

This year for Christmas my ever-encouraging husband gave me a 16X20 pad of watercolour paper with the implicit instructions that I was not allowed to cut the pages into smaller sizes. Recently I had finally made the bold move of opening my professional 300 pound watercolour sheets that I purchased. These sheets are 20X30 each, but I wasn't bold enough to use a whole sheet - no - I cut off a small 6 inch strip and made that into three even smaller pieces before using them. For experimentation and practice purposes small is lovely, because watercolour dries quickly and I could work within that time on anything under 12X18. And I feel oddly guilty over spending money on my…

It seems to me that those who try watercolour fall into three categories: Those who dip their toe in, find it frustrating, and move on to other forms of art; those who wade in, don't mind the hobby but it stays at that; and those who get in up to their necks (or deeper!) and realize that there is so many choices of paper, paint, brushes that they soon realize they may be drowning in either options or debt (or both). Ok I think I have pushed that metaphor as far as I can.

"It's the poor craftsman that blames the tools?" No.

Watercolour can be frustrating when beginning for many. Watercolour is a liquid medium designed to flow on the paper, but the quality of the paper and the paint will affect how it moves and plays and how it looks when dried. Most beginner student varieties of paint…

Old man winter has hit in Tumbler Ridge - and as the number of daylight hours decrease my painting hours increase as does my time to get a bit organized. I have been posting images I painted over the spring and summer in my blogs. Last week I pulled up four paintings done using a reference photo of a snowy mountain with beautiful striations giving the mountain character.

I had chosen this mountain image to practice negative painting, allowing the white paper to be the snow, and to develop my style. Artists interpret a picture, choosing what to include in a painting, the details to paint, and what to leave as simple shapes or shades. This is easier for me when I have been to the site experienced the image as my style leans towards expressionism, so I painted four images before getting the white peaks and striations the wa…

I like the way you imagine what Desmond Dog is thinking -about the time he ran off chasing a moose. It is a brilliant idea to paint that way. Tells a story. Well done! DC

Hi Everyone! Welcome to the site to all the new members who have joined in the last few days! Some of you will have clicked join the community which allows you to comment and also start discussions on the site. Others chose to be private members which is also great - as you can still see and read everything, you just cannot comment.

I am wondering how you would like to be informed of new pictures I post on the blog or new galleries I launch. As a member you have the first look at new galleries - I will launch them to the public a week after posting them. As a member you also have access to the blog and to the seasonal selection of works that I am selling.

Send me an email or comment here letting me know if you want to get a quick update when…