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Letter Z and Zinnia
We’ve reached the last letter, letter Z, the end of the alphabet study (unless I decide to do it again at a later point with lowercase letters). What a time of learning and exploring letters, watercolor, and ink! I’ve enjoyed it, and I hope you have too. Letter Z proved itself as another terrible letter to use for watercolor and ink. And I refuse to use zebra. I have decided to stay away from the usual Z. The end of the alphabet is filled with difficult letters. Letters X, Y, and Z all together. When the study is finished, I’m sure I’ll see options for letter Z all over the…
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Letter Y and Yellow
The end of the alphabet has so many difficult letters when looking for subjects. Letter Y is much less difficult than letter X though. Yams, Yucca, Ylang-ylang, Yarrow, and Yard all came to mind, but in the middle of a snowy winter, Yellow won out. I needed some color, some sunshine, something bright to bring cheer to my day. Aside from the difficulties of choosing a subject to study in watercolor and ink, I think letter Y is one of my favorite letters. Why? Because I love asking questions. Y? I love to learn.
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Letter X and XOXO
Do you know how hard it is to find an object that starts with the letter X (already difficult), is conducive to a watercolor study (how can I make X-ray look good in watercolor?), and understandable in regular everyday vocabulary (rather than names derived from long ago unspoken scientific languages)?! It’s almost impossible without cheating (aka dropping letters like this Xample and Xtreme).
