Pour Paintings

This guy is upside down...  If it were right side up, there
would be two people with big chins with a couple of birds.

Describe the process of making the original pour paintings. How did it feel to give up control of the shapes that were forming?  Were you surprised by anything you saw happening?  Next describe what you saw in the pours when you returned to them to further develop the image.  Where is your picture headed or if it's done, what did you end up doing with the pour?

I will admit, when I first heard we were doing "pour paintings," I had no idea where you were going with them.  It felt kind of like I was back in first grade, making a huge mess of everything using paint.  I had very little control over how the painting turned out, so I decided to make the best of it, pick my favorite colors (yellow and blue), and experiment with them.  I was    surprised to see that it turned out really cool.  There were big, black splotches all around the painting (presumably where thick paint was gathered), and there were some areas that looked like rainbows (most likely where thin paints met).

When I took another look at the pour a couple of days later, the first thing I noticed was a splotch that looked like the head of a person.  The next thing I noticed was a splotch shaped like a beak, which eventually became a bird.  As more and more "birds" seemed to show up, I decided on a birdwatching theme.  This turned out to work great, and it is now where I am taking the extended painting.