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.

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Doodling today. An imaginary landscape. Colors: cobalt, Hansa, raw sienna, green gold, burnt sienna. Brushes: quill, rigger.

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Marshland. Colors: ultramarine, cobalt, cobalt teal, raw sienna, green gold, burnt sienna. Brushes: 10, 4, hake, rigger.

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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.

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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.

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I thought I’d try painting a picture inside a picture. Brushes: quill, 1, rigger. # MastoArt

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Today I tried using a little gouache along with my usual watercolor painting.

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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.

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Finally got to make some strawberry-rhubarb sauce. 😋

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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.

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A peaceful valley. Colors: cobalt, alizarin, raw sienna, burnt sienna, sap green. Brushes: 6, 2, rigger.

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A simple abstract landscape. Colors: ultramarine, cobalt, spring green, sap green, burnt sienna, Paynes Grey. Brushes: hake, 2, rigger.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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