Last week I talked about why I paint what I paint. This week will be more practical, we’ll be talking about what makes a good subject. But instead talking about what doesn’t work well for watercolor, I rather talk to you what works! 

 Choosing a good subject is the first step of a successful painting. Your painting starts when you have chosen a subject, not when you put down your first brush stroke. But if we're being subjective, there is no wrong or bad subject. Only what it means for the artist. Yet many artists either overthink or don't think about on what to paint, and why they paint. This is what I want to talk to you about this week - subject matter. For me, there's why, and there's how. This week I'm going to tell you why I paint what I paint.