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January Watercolor

Every year I create my own calendar. Lets me put birthdays and personally significant events on it without the writing against the wall thing. Most of the time I use photos I've taken over the year. When it's not dark before / after work I usually take photos of the sky. The Puget Sound has some lovely sunrises and sunsets on the regular.

This year, I decided that I'd do watercolors since I've been working on my watercolor skills. This one is the January watercolor. They're all water-focused because painting water is my favorite thing to do.

Super happy how this one turned out. I really love the islands in front and the clouds, too.
#watercolor #myart #ocean #islands #practice #beautiful

#beautiful #ocean #islands #watercolor #myart #practice
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Petra
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Petra
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This is very pretty! I love all bodys of water.
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MeyariMcFarland
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Thank you, Petra! Totally agreed. Water is wonderful, unless it's cold and I have to go swim in it. *laughs* But always beautiful to look at and paint.
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Petra
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My friend is one of these crazy women who like to go into freezing lakes in the middle of winter. I do believe that it triggers a great emotional response (it seems your body is just very happy it survived the experience) but so far she couldn't convince me to come along. 😃
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MeyariMcFarland
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I just made this face IRL: 😬

I mean, I get it? I grew up swimming in snow-fed lakes all summer long, but yikes. Nope. I R Old Enough to say Nope to the max on that.

That whole body thinks it just escaped sudden death is because hypothermia comes on QUICK and yeah. *shudder*

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Kenziekenz
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Very lovely! I like how well you did detailing the clouds in such a way that is simplistic but makes it appear as clouds with just the coloring alone. If that makes sense. Lol
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MeyariMcFarland
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Thank you! That's one of the wonderful things about watercolor, honestly. You can create amazing effects (if you have the skill which I'm still working on) with very little.
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Wilhelmina58
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How beautiful, painting water with water. As water is the element of compassion, life-giving, clearing, it's obvious working with it, is like creating peace. I used to paint in a anthroposophical style, wet in wet. It's peaceful to work this way, your painting shows that same kind of peace .I simply can look at it for a long time, imagining this for being a real place to be. In a world that lacks silence and peace, this is something we need to see much more! I love this! Thank you for sharing, warm greetings from the Netherlands.
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MeyariMcFarland
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Thank you! I try and paint the things I see around me, not like taking a photo but as they inspire me. The Puget Sound, WA has so many places like this that it frequently shows up in my art.

Thank you for the comment and greetings from the far side of the USA!

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