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Splash of color

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(Ink with watercolor) (watercolor)   From my art cache. Never know what I'll find in there. Things get painted and sketched, and go into the dark corners of the studio.

Tree With some Watercolor

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(Tree with watercolor)   Some kind of Conifer I suppose. The piece looks much better than the scan you see here. I really want a new scanner that can reproduce images as they are, maybe Christmas ???

Cat eye

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(Cat eye, ink watercolor)   A sketch using ink and watercolor. I like dry-brush techniques while using watercolors for detail. The wet methods are better for suggestive work. You can also use both in the same painting. If you are using ink for your drawing, any watercolor technique works over the sketch, provided it's one of the waterproof inks, like ' India' . It should also be allowed to completely dry before paint is applied. If you use pencil, many wet and dry methods work well over light sketch marks. However; if you use dense pencil with shading, your work can become muddy from the loose graphite flowing thru your colors. To reduce this, I use a kneaded eraser to press down on the pencil strokes. This removes the loose graphite particles. Then use dry brush watercolor techniques. I try not to rub these areas too much with the brush. If the lines are over-worked, the graphite will lift and cause the muddy effect we want to avoid. Doing the above still may

Bamboo 2

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(Bamboo)   Bamboo is green... most of the time. (Bird Banner)   This was a concept for a framed banner. I never used it though. (Scared Ghost)   Who wouldn't be scared of their own grave?

The Artist's Mask

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(Artist's Mask)   This piece went on my business card. It's not evil, as it looks. It's just that I like dark humor sometimes. Yet, I do have a boundaries for that. (Fence Post)    I like to do old things such as this, because it reminds me of my mom's work.