White-browed tit-warbler, native to the Tian Shan Mountains
watercolour and crayon
©2020 Charlene Brown
Having trouble with your 2020 resolution to de-clutter with Marie Kondo? There are other ways to spark joy—the thought that 2020 is almost over sparks quite a bit of joy...
Or, according to Nicholas Wilton’s video, playing with colour sparks joy. He says that colour “is pure emotion, and a stand-in for you and your feelings.” Instead of choosing the ‘right’ colour to perfect your art, he says that if you always choose colours that say YES, you will always produce your best, most exciting work.
I’ve been doing that for a while, usually adding as much purple as possible to my paintings. But that's not what happened here. White-browed tit-warblers look pretty much the way I’ve painted this one! Don't you think that just knowing they exist sparks joy?
I remember just a year ago,
thinking the relatively straightforward yellow-browed warbler was pretty
terrific!
