Longing

Today I started a watercolor design experiment using soapy, clean dishwater bubbles. I got to be a kid again, blowing through a straw and making a bubbly mess!

Getting the bubbles out of the glass and onto the paper without popping them took some technique, and wasn’t as easy as I had hoped. Scooping them with a metal spoon popped them right away, but a small, rubber spatula made it a bit easier. Then the bubbles would pop on the paper too fast, giving me little time to get the paint from the paint pans to the bubbles.

Thankfully today is shopping day, and I decided to pick up some cheap play bubbles from the kids’ toy section of the store while I was out. I was longing to get home to finish my experiment so I could compare bubble to bubble! I know you’re longing to know how things turned out, so I’ll relieve your angst. 

The toy bubbles were much easier to move from the glass to the paper using the bubble wand, and they sat on the paper much longer before popping. I wasn’t so stressed trying to get paint on them as I was before. Now you can try it for yourself!

A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul.

Proverbs 13:19a NIV

The longing to return to my creation is a silly, shallow sort of longing, but having it fulfilled was still sweet to my soul! Imagine the sweetness when our longing for complete redemption and restoration is fulfilled. Oh, what a day that will be!

Here is my creation:

I used dish soap inside the hearts, and play bubbles for the yellow surrounding them. Once it was all dry, I filled in the non-bubbly spaces with my paintbrush.

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This post is written in response to Kate Motaung’s Five Minute Friday link-up. These prompts are fun to respond to, and only take five minutes to compose. Today’s prompt: LONGING.