Inspiration

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 Sometimes the weirdest things inspire us. How about paving stones? I found this pattern in our parking lot and my first thought was...Wow. What a lot of skill and effort went into creating this pattern! Then, Hmmmmm....that would look good as a stained glass pattern. I don't do stained glass, but maybe it would translate into a painting. hmmmm. Let's see. 



I chose to try it in watercolour & ink. Of course I embellished the colour to suit myself, and the drop-in colour technique, using only blue, red & yellow, took many hours to do....but it was meditative and I kinda like it.


Stonework: 8x8 watercolour & ink


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