Loosening up....

When I find myself getting wound up or tightening with the close-up work I am doing, I sometimes give myself a break and do some free-ing or loosening up of myself by using watercolours and inks on watercolour paper and just let the colours flow with plenty of water! I love this and it is so relaxing and enjoyable! I always feel so much looser and satisfied afterwards and then go back to working on my original piece with fresh eyes. I am putting up here two of such paintings that I did while taking a break from what I was doing a while back!