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Red panda

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  The watercolor master classes were over last week. It wasn't so easy to get up before 4 am to sit on the zoom meetings, but once they started, I enjoyed them. An early bird was not my life style, but I think I can enjoy it with help of a nice strong coffee with milk. After the classes were over, I began to watch the wildlife course videos that were added to the classes. Yesterday, I painted along a red pander and then painted the same subject by myself. I am happy that it turned out. I am a little more confident now. I can make muddiness for my advantage. 
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Walnut ink drawing

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  I got Tom Norton's walnut drawing ink and experimented. I love the subtle, old photo-like effect. 
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Magnolia

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  I have tried again to follow Fabio Cembranelli's approaches to flower paintings. He is particularly interested in using background to show off his main subjects, yet leaving certain edges to blend each other by wetting paper randomly--rather, across edges. He also lifts wet paintings to add textures using a flat synthetic brush. I have difficulty in blending. The paper that I was using makes blending more difficult.  Fabio Cembranelli
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Portrait

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  The fifth portrait painted in a row using acrylic paintings. I am glad that it took less time to paint this one than previous ones. The skin tones are rather close to the photo. In watercolor paintings, the brightest parts are not painted, leaving the space in white color. This is not necessarily translated into white color in acrylic paintings. White makes the surface look cold. I used a combination of yellow and bright red. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/elderly-man-in-white-button-up-shirt-and-headwear-4556737/ (M. Y Dogar)
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Hummingbird studies

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  The 18th day of the 20-day challenge. Taking some unexpected excursions, I didn't paint a bird everyday, but I made an effort to do so. A hummingbird was my subject today. How can I represent the bird's lightness without being bogged down by details? 
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Monotone watercolor

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 Wonderful study of values! Using recently purchased payne's gray, I created  a few monotone watercolor paintings of birds, dogs, and elephants. It looks like a B/W photo, arousing nostalgia.  
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Saving a bison

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  (size: 6 x 4.5)   Being mindful of tonal values, I painted a bison, but it turned out to be a like a golden pig. I retouched it with colored pencils, but that medium was not strong enough to change the overall impression. I then added texture and enhance the contrast with watercolor markers. Wow, they changed the game. The pigments in the markers gave the little painting a life. 
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