I still need to practise a bit more to turn those blobs of white and black – or perhaps other colours – into something better, but I do enjoy doing this and it’s relaxing. And who knows, if you clear your mind completely for a moment, something completely different might emerge; that’s fine too. It just uses a lot of paint, but what surprises me is how quickly it dries, especially compared to painting, where I use hardly any less paint.

I have all those tubes I mentioned and I want to use them up first; there’s also a tube of green that’s actually watercolour and which I was given, but it looks suspiciously like the tube of green acrylic paint. No idea what I’m going to do with it, maybe just get started and see what it turns into.

Of course, it sounds brilliant, a cupboard full of tubes of paint and drawers full of all sorts of bits and bobs, but I think there also comes a point where you just have to say: I’ve got it, so I’m going to use it and see what comes of it. I don’t need to buy it just for fun, of course; I think that’s a waste of money. By now, I think I’ve used up all my tiny unlabelled tubes, and they were already over eight years old. I’m glad about that, because I hate nothing more than having to throw away something you’ve spent money on. I think we do that enough in our lives already. I do notice, though, that my paint suffers in the cold and changes texture quickly; I can’t really do anything with it then.

Perhaps you should just have a bit of fun dabbing around with paint and see what emerges; if it’s no good, that’s fine too, and there’s bound to come a moment when you say: I can see this or that in it.

I hope you’re doing well and that you can leave the stress behind you a little; have a lovely day.

❤️🍀