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You know what I just realized? I have been painting for five days and I only did a tree on day FIVE. That has got to be some kind of record for me. lol

Of course, I've been relying heavily on blues, as is my wont. I think tomorrow, no matter what I end up doing, I'm going to stay away from blue*.

So, today's little experiment. Well, although it's bragging to say so, I've got to tell you that I made this stunning background. Seriously, it was so gorgeous that I almost just posted the background and called it good. But then I decided it needed a tree on it (well, that was it's purpose); so I plunked the tree down and then completed obscured it. Alas.

This one, once again, I was trying to push the water around with my brush and a teensy bit of color (so unlike my acrylic work on fabric which is all about layering on thick swaths of color); although after I completed 10 - 12 greens, yellows, blues, reds and browns for the leaves in that tree, you'd never know that I had only used a "little' color.

Anyway. Here it is. Day Five.

This is EXHAUSTING. lol

Guess what, guess what? I sold my first watercolor! :)

I've never sent a 12 x 12 framed piece before, so it was a bit of a struggle finding a box, but then I remembered the pide* place at the top of our street uses plain white pizza boxes.

I brought the piece over to them and they were quite interested in helping me find an appropriately sized box; finally we determined that a 16 inch box was the best size, and they gave it to me for free.

So then I put it in it's glassine sleeve, bundled it up in bubble sheets and tucked it into firmly packed papers. And now it's on its way.

I never thought I'd be selling my watercolors!

Hurray! :)

*Pide - is a Turkish take on Pizza. It's something like pizza dough, stretched out into a long oval; the fillings are put in a line down the middle, and then the edges are folded over. They do sell some typically Western fillings to appeal to those without adventurous palettes, but where they really shine is when they fill to their tastes. Ground lamb and mint and other yummy things, tender vegetables, seasonings and feta cheese, SO DELICIOUS. And they come with wedges of fresh lemon, raw onion rings, hot peppers and curly parsley. If you add those things to your selection it's even better! Wait. I'm hungry now... :)

Day 4 and I say, "meh". lol

I really like the background in this one, but I just could NOT get the bird right.

On the other hand, it took years before I got good at textile painting - and this is only day 4.

Patience, Grasshopper.

:)

Here is day 3.

After yesterday's post, I realized when looking at it, that I wasn't taking advantage of the properties of watercolor paint. I was treating it like it was fabric, resulting in a painting that looked very much as if I had made it out of textile.

So today, I decided to begin to learn how to use the "water" portion of watercolour.

I feel like my execution isn't up to my expression. I had a LOT of trouble with that little bear, and would have preferred a more realistic looking watercolour-y bear. lol I don't know if you know what I mean, but *I* know what I mean!

Anyway - tomorrow's another chance to try again. :O)

Until then...

So, at least in this one, the moon is a little better. I wanted to do another hare, dancing under the moon in a field, but my beloved spouse wanted me to do some birch trees, so here we are. :)

See you tomorrow with another one! (this one I finished just under the wire at 11:55 p.m.!)

Well hello! Although I intend to show you some of my fiber work that was completed lately, I thought I would get into the groove of blogging again by sharing a project that I am working on.

I joined World Watercolor Month as a way of learning to paint watercolor, so I will be posting my daily paintings here.

This is the first one. If you are a watercolorist and have any tips or advice, please share! I want to learn. :)

Cheers,

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