Playing with watercolour

 I have a small piece of work underway playing with a few initials. Here I am thinking  about how best to get the letter L into a square (kind of sort of).  I want to decorate the letter and give it a bit of 'zing'. Some attempts are better than others...

I went with the L on the right after consulting with B - he has an idea of who it is for - and so I transferred a version to watercolour paper to have a play with.

And the next letter to play with was H.  I wanted this to look different to the L, so began a bit of a grid and used a Charles Rennie Mackintosh style of lettering.

And then started to fill in around it - playing with blocks of anticipated colour.

Swatches begin to appear for the two letters.

One done and one coloured in.

Selecting the 7 colours?

Just add water they said.  The page begins to bubble with delight and vibrant colour.  I hand write notes to self before I start the final piece - like 'put green here'; and 'go hard on the pale pink'!

I had to leave it there for the moment; but hope to have it done by the weekend - finals shall be shared soon I hope.