Every now and then when I feel like painting, but don’t have a lot of time, I enjoy this quick exercise.

1. Pull out some inexpensive paints

2. Set a timer for 5 minutes

3. Quickly start to paint and see what patterns emerge

When I have a little more time, I will go back, pick a few paintings to scan into the computer, trace the shapes and create patterns from them like the three pictured below.