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First on November 23rd 2024 finished work of watercolor painting~~~~~

Used materials

Raphael Travel Brush Set

Sennelier Paner’s Gray

Magnani Italia Cold Pressed (12x23cm)

Passepartout: black

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Lotus Flowers ~~~~

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Drawing Buildings in Perspective

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Trying florals with no-white background

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Second layer of my cherries!

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First Layer of my new painting. Recently, I love painting cherries~~~~~~

I was told what is the best practice? Something I love to do.

This time I want to try 3 layers, add high contrast and create volume effect

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Finished work~~~

I only add some details in order to mark the contrast.

This was my first layer.

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First layer of my cherry blossoms.

Love using Sennelier watercolor: watercolor can be mixed so smoothly. Jest a drawback: I can only use Sennelier on 100%cotton watercolor paper……..

I think I will use more glazing than wet-on-wet technique in the future when I paint botanical items. Cherry painted with glazing seemed to be more delicate.

Let’s see

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Landscape for beginners

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Finished!

https://www.tumblr.com/my-painting-diary/755565380791042048/base-layer

https://www.tumblr.com/my-painting-diary/755438213218304000/draft-ready-to-pain

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Finished!

Draft:

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Base layer

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Draft ready to paint

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Finally, I feel comfortable with my tools i.e: I love my brushes, Sennelier water color, getting used to cold pressed paper.

Paint the chosen roses makes so much fun and provides such satisfaction.

(First approach: I will use glancing method to add more contrast to my roses)

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Painted on January 17th, 2024.

I want to create better light and dark transition next time by leaving more white space.

What I did correct is using big brushes. I painted this with Raphael Kolinsky Brush Size No. 10 and Da Vinci Maestro Series 10 Size No. 8.

What I regret is using Da Vinci smaller Harpin Kolinsky small brushes, No. 4 and No. 3 too early. I should have trying longer and see how far I can go with these bigger brushes.

The challenge with big brushes is: brush control

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Painted on January 14th, 2024 with Sennelier tube and pans.

IMO, using fluid watercolor is much easier than the concentrated pans – alleviate mixing process.

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Painted on Dezember 26th, 2023 with Sennelier watercolor.