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Trueblue Texan

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19. Happened to have bought watercolor set and paper yesterday!

Fri Dec 24, 2021, 07:27 AM

Dec 2021

But if I can't draw, I don't know how I'll get things to look like they are supposed to be. I'm sure my birds will come out looking like dinosaurs or cows, for example. But I've asked Santa for a contraption to help me capture a 3D image to paper with pencil. Maybe I'll get started on that after the new year. Any suggestions where I could learn some beginning principles to watercolor? Most stuff I look at is pretty advanced and I know almost nothing about visual art. It's only in the last couple of years I've had any interest in visual art, I'm embarrassed to say.

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Spent the weekend rushing some bookmarks for work Xmas presents. [View all] GPV Dec 2021 OP

Oh, I love these! Can I have one? secondwind Dec 2021 #1

Thank you! GPV Dec 2021 #2

So pretty catrose Dec 2021 #3

Thanks! GPV Dec 2021 #12

Very nice Sherman A1 Dec 2021 #4

Thank you. :) GPV Dec 2021 #13

I love them too! ❤ littlemissmartypants Dec 2021 #5

Thank you so much! GPV Dec 2021 #14

Beautiful gifts Walleye Dec 2021 #6

Thank you! GPV Dec 2021 #15

Those are lovely. I really like the toadstool and snail 😊🍄🍄🍄🐌🐌🐌 Ziggysmom Dec 2021 #7

Thank you. I like that one too. It's a snapshot of a story, I think. I do wonder GPV Dec 2021 #16

Awwww! Beautiful and very clever! And I like the turtle! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #8

Oh those are beautiful, you did great work on these, what terrific gifts they will make! LiberalLoner Dec 2021 #9

You're so talented! Native Dec 2021 #10

Thank you so much! The nice thing is it's more learned skill than talent. Anyone who wants GPV Dec 2021 #17

Very Pretty! Trueblue Texan Dec 2021 #11

I can't really draw. I'm too impatient to really sit still and work on it. I spend more GPV Dec 2021 #18

Happened to have bought watercolor set and paper yesterday! Trueblue Texan Dec 2021 #19

What brand paint and paper did you get? The lucida app is what I use to trace stuff that I GPV Dec 2021 #20

Very nice! bif Dec 2021 #21

I love the turtle. My late MIL used to tell us that the turtle was the only PatrickforB Jan 2022 #22