Kansas City made me do it, you know.
And honestly? I'm not even sorry...
It started with a simple little fact I stumbled across...
Turns out, the city I’m heading to this weekend for the art show is known as the “City of Fountains.”
And not just casually…
We’re talking hundreds of fountains; I think 200+!
There are so many that it’s often said only Rome has more.
I haven’t counted them myself—though I’m tempted…
You know me, I love to travel and explore! A city that builds that many places just to let water move, splash, and catch the light? Now, that’s my kind of place! (And yes, I still drool about a future trip to Rome.)
I love to depict water in my travel journals... bodies of water, rain, and yes, even fountains...
Because water is never just… still.
It spreads.
It pulls away.
It creates edges where you didn’t expect them.
It does its own thing—every single time.
And somewhere along that stream of thought, I found myself in my art room to have some fun with dropping rubbing alcohol into wet watercolor and mesmerizing myself by watching it scatter
You see, rubbing alcohol likes to push the pigment away like tiny bursts of motion—like little fountains on the page!
Which brings me to today’s TidBit Tuesday 🎉
If you’ve ever tried to paint water in your journal—
the shimmer, the ripple, the movement—
this is one of those techniques that does the heavy lifting for you.
A few drops of rubbing alcohol, and suddenly the page starts to move!
Check out this TidBit to see exactly what I mean!
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