Hi there! I’m happy to be writing this blog post today. I hope you enjoy this brief story, definitely not an extraordinary one, but very meaningful to me.

Back in October of 2021 I decided to move to a new town, not very far from the one I used to live in, but for someone like me even a mild change is a change. It didn’t take me long to settle into my new place, I don’t have a lot of things, in general. So there came November, and I was ready to try something new, to go along with my new life.

I woke up in the morning with a persistent thought that I should just try to paint, specifically with watercolor. So I got up, got dressed, drove to a craft shop nearby and bought some supplies.

When I got back home I decided to try to paint a leaf. It took me about an hour, and I realized how great it felt to concentrate on the movement of the brushes and clear my mind about everything else. For that one hour the outside world didn’t matter at all.

Looking at this picture I can see I’m far from being gifted – I’m not a natural, I need to devote myself to learn the right techniques and improve the quality of my work. However, my heart is there. That I can clearly see. And talent without emotions could, very well, be worthless. Techniques with emotions, on the other hand, is often a fruitful combination.

So that’s my story. Well, at least the very first episode of the series of my artistic adventures – the pilot episode. I’ll keep telling this story here on my blog from time to time.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Gisele