When you are living with an acutely disruptive teenager as
we are, inspiration comes because of desperate times. An assignment to paint
selfies with watercolours (to date not completed or begun) led me to the idea
of going into my bathroom and painting my face with watercolours (using my
index finger) and then pressing a sheet of paper against my face. According to
my friend Ian Bateson, tissue paper would produce better results. Another idea
I had was to suggest placing one’s face on a scanner and since our printer is a
b+w laser printer the result could be painted with water colours to satisfy the
school assignment.