I learned to make a helpful tool from a YouTube video by this wonderful painter-naturalist named Cathy Johnson who walks the countryside and woods in Missouri, thinking and painting and getting lost as often as possible. She folds a piece of watercolor paper and cuts it so that you end up with a tiny accordion-style sketchbook. I love this idea--you can trial and error you way through the whole thing without fear of wrecking something more formal and expensive.
So here are a couple of the several I’ve filled up. These are just 9" x 12" sheets using Winsor Newton paints for the pink and purple side and handmade mineral paints from Jazper Stardust and Red Cover Meadow:
Side note: I've had this idea for many years about making geology art--quilts or paintings or weavings based on the curves of the land or on sedimentary rock. I think I have finally found the right paints to do it with! The handmade crushed mineral paints are made of, well, rock. So when I paint rock or rock-inspired shapes, I can at least get the color right. An inspiration in itself. Coincidentally, I find that I can paint fantastical pumpkins and gourds with the same colors. Bonus!
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