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Getting Better At It

I'm getting better at it (or at least I think I am).

There are many different styles of watercolor painting and I've been looking at many of them, trying, just tying to get something that I like and turns out I can do.

The style I really like is the "Ink & Wash" style of painting where an ink drawing is filled out with watercolor.  My latest turned out pretty good and I'm looking forward to giving my hand another go.  I took a bunch of photos from Bobbie & my river trip in Europe this fall so I've got a number of subjects to draw (sorry about the pun) from.

I've been busy with other things for a while as I've had a number of AT hikes to get done (in PA now), an island trip and then the big EU

 river trip where we ended up getting a tad of COVID.  Now winter is here I have fewer fly fishing outings and more indoors time to get some artwork done.  Also, the PodCase "Ask An Artist" has new Episodes too.  

Till later....

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