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Let's Start at the Very Beginning...

 A very good place to start. (Thank you, Rogers and Hammerstein, 1959)


Choosing what to learn is huge.  I love to learn and would like to think that I am always trying new things: new recipes, new crafts, new authors.  When having to choose, I felt like I was given the world and I don't know what to do with it. 

I first began to think about all the things I would like to learn, but then quickly realized that I have tried most of them (some successful, some less so). When I wanted to learn to bake bread, I spent an evening with some lovely ladies and we explored making Challah and I was hooked.  When I wanted to learn to do stained glass, I took a course through my municipality.  I see a trend. I am a teacher so I associate learning with being taught by someone.  Learning on my own and through social media is a new experience.  

So where to start? I have many likes and many things I would like to try.  It was then that I realized one thing on my bucket list. One thing I always wanted to "master" has been watercolours.  I am fascinated by the blending of colours and the gradients that are possible.  That's something new.

I have always loved watercolours and somehow link them to flute music...I see the two as a good pairing.  I have to admit that I grew up in an artsy family and we were always doing crafts, taking art courses, and going to galleries. It was always the watercolours that touched my soul.  I may have tried doing watercolours as a young child. as cake paints were used in school were sort of watercolours.  Elementary school was a long time ago so let's pretend I have never actually tried it.  So, my challenge to myself is to explore this art medium and, who knows, maybe I'll have a natural gift.


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