up until recently, ira has been pretty unimpressed with watercolors.... she prefers to paint with tempera or acrylics... i wondered if it was because i only paint with acrylics and oil.... so I pulled out the watercolors and painted her this after she went to bed-

then, when she woke up and saw it, she asked for another- I painted her this and showed her a little more about how watercolors work....



and she was off... she. painted. all. day.
not a couple hours... all day.





lived joined in a little. but she mostly watercolored herself, the remote... and my arm.




after a while, she started making playscapes... and then painting her pet shop's feet and making prints. it was very cute.