small amusement: art edition

Pretty much the only thing I've dared do with my watercolour pencils & watercolour pad so far is make myself up swatches, in an approximate colour gradient: scribble out a small block of colour, light to dark, then paint over half of it, so as to get a sense of what all the available range is. Each swatch is fairly small, and labelled underneath in tiiiiiiny writing (because I dug out my 0.05mm mapping pen as Appropriate to the task).

This has since spent most of its time sat on the coffee table while I try to work up the courage to do Something Else, and has been making me happy not least because, well, colour gradients are a thing I like.

I have been surprised and gratified, however, at how many other people have passed comment on It Being Pretty, on their way through our living room.