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Bartow

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I’m an amateur watercolor artist. I dabble in experimental watercolors and share my learning and progress on this site. I have migrated from toot.community at JB. Watercolor. #watercolor #watercolour #urbansketching #lineandwash

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Painting wet in wet is oddly relaxing for me, even though it demands my total attention.

A hill near the shore. Trees grow on the far left rear. Brown and green grasses grow at an angle from the foreground to the background. In the far distance, the ocean peeks out from behind some bushes.
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Doodling today. An imaginary landscape. Colors: cobalt, Hansa, raw sienna, green gold, burnt sienna. Brushes: quill, rigger.

This watercolor shows an imaginary landscape. The blue sky is punctuated with some yellow. There’s a row of pine trees on the left rear, and a row of deciduous trees on the right. In the foreground there’s a dead tree and several clusters of grass.
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Marshland. Colors: ultramarine, cobalt, cobalt teal, raw sienna, green gold, burnt sienna. Brushes: 10, 4, hake, rigger.

This watercolor shows clouds forming over marshland. In the distance, there’s a row of trees. The open water forms a zigzag pattern. Grass grows in the foreground.
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Today’s fun. Sky colors: cobalt, raw sienna, alizarin, quin gold. Land colors: ultramarine, alizarin, Hansa, burnt sienna. Brushes: 6, rigger.

In the background of this watercolor, there’s a faint brown colored mountain. In the foreground, there’s a series of hills. On the far left, a dead tree rises from one hill. In the middle and on the right, grow two trees. Red flowers grow under the largest tree.
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@bobfisherphoto Thank you. Your comments mean so much to me. 👍

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Abstract landscape. Colors: Cobalt Blue, Pyrrol Scarlet, Burt Sienna, Paynes Grey. Brush: pointed 6.

This abstract landscape is built with blue and orange. A road leads to the crest of the hill. Trees grow on either side. It’s all about color—blue and blue black versus orange and orange brown.
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I thought I’d try painting a picture inside a picture. Brushes: quill, 1, rigger. # MastoArt

There are two scenes in this watercolor. In the background, there’s a field with trees. In the foreground, a stream flows down a hillside. There are foreground trees on the left and right.
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Today I tried using a little gouache along with my usual watercolor painting.

This watercolor shows a small man made pond. In the background there’s a faint hill behind an earthen dam a few pines grow in the distance. In the foreground there’s a level piece of ground. The whole scene is filled with weeds.
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Today’s fun. To start, I made my favorite sky (cobalt, alizarin, quin gold). Colors: ultramarine, cobalt, alizarin, azo, quin gold, raw sienna, burnt sienna, Paynes Grey. Brushes: 6, 2, rigger.

In this watercolor, asmall stream winds through a pasture. A mountain rises in the distance and some trees grow at its base. Trees and shrubs grow in the lower right. The far bank of the stream is lined with grasses. Enjoy.
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Finally got to make some strawberry-rhubarb sauce. 😋

A small bowl on a colorful round plate, both sitting on a table. The bowl is filled with freshly made, reddish-colored, strawberry-rhubarb sauce with cooked pieces of rhubarb and slices of strawberries.
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@SunnJax Delicious. An all time favorite at our house. 😎

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I like painting imaginary landscapes which are based on a few geometric lines. Technically, this piece is in one point perspective, but geometrically, it is a series of triangles. Colors: ultramarine, Pyrrol red, azo, green gold, burnt sienna. Brushes: 6, 2, rigger.

This is a watercolor of an open field. There ar mountains in the background, followed by a row of trees. A tall tree grows on the right, and a river flows behind it, lined with vegetation. Flowers grow in the lower right corner.
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A peaceful valley. Colors: cobalt, alizarin, raw sienna, burnt sienna, sap green. Brushes: 6, 2, rigger.

In this watercolor, I painted a peaceful valley. Faint mountains rise in the distance. Trees and shrubs line the hills and drop down to a small farmhouse on the right.
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A simple abstract landscape. Colors: ultramarine, cobalt, spring green, sap green, burnt sienna, Paynes Grey. Brushes: hake, 2, rigger.

This is an abstract watercolor landscape. The sky is a dreary brown and blue. Three trees grow on two hills. Green grass and brown grass cover the hillsides.
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I like experimenting. Here’s my “play” with a couple of Chinese brushes. I held them at the far end of the handle and doodled. Colors: cobalt, alizarin, green gold, burnt sienna, Paynes Grey.

This is an abstract watercolor landscape. In the sky, there’s a line of dark clouds. In the middle, there’s a hill that slopes down to the right. Numerous trees grow on the hill.
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Some fun this morning with wet in wet. Colors: ultramarine, cobalt, alizarin, burnt sienna, green gold. Brushes: 8, rigger, plastic card, pen.

This watercolor is an abstract landscape. In the distance, there’s a row of trees atop a low hill. In the foreground, there’s a cluster of grasses growing out of a swampy area.
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I love the geometry underlying an abstract painting. In this piece, I used a simple diagonal, left to right. Colors: ultramarine, cobalt, cobalt teal, green gold, burnt sienna, Paynes Grey. Brushes: 8, fan, Micron pen.

This is an abstract watercolor landscape. In the distance, there’s a faint line of trees growing out of brown grass. In the foreground there are two upward diagonal lines of green and brown grasses.
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Today’s fun. 7” x 10” Colors: cobalt, cobalt teal, alizarin, green gold, raw sienna, burnt sienna, Payne’s Grey. Brushes: 6, 1/4” flat, 1, rigger.

This watercolor shows a pond and a field. In the background, there’s a row of hills. Below them are several farm buildings. In the foreground, there’s a pond, several dead trees, and the pond.
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