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Mars
Inspired by Laura during last month’s World Watercolour Month, I wanted to have a go at painting on texture. Now, I know that I haven’t got painting on a flat surface down to a tee yet, but that’s only details. Off I went to the art shop and bought myself a tub of texture paste.…
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Elusive Martians
Driving around a dusty old planet looking for anything unusual, anything really out of the ordinary, takes its toll. Day after day of dry, red clay, and amber skies followed by freezing cold nights adds to the monotony. With large and very still dusty plains, and mountains that offer hardly any protection, yet also comfort…
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Morning Star!
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentyseven Well, we’ve recently visited the Dawn of Time, so it’s only fitting that we visit the Dawn of Today as well! There used to be a time when I’d sleep in until lunchtime and beyond, only because I had the notion that I didn’t like mornings. What a ridiculous notion to have!…
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30 Minute Strawberry
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentysix Another quick splosh about with colour, after a quick pencil outline, and I ended up with this rather large strawberry. It isn’t large really, it only looks that way. It’s mostly water. This one looks far juicier on the photograph than it does on the actual painting… and they say a photograph…
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Daybreak at the Dawn of Time
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentyfive Here we are just after the Dawn of Time. At dawn. Thick, dense volcanic clouds obscure the morning Sun, and only the sturdiest of trees and grasses can make this volatile world their own. Animal life is yet to emerge on land, although there are a few tiny creatures swimming in the…
The Mansionic Perspective 