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Watercolor day 27.

Finally got round to watching Hunt For The Wilderpeople, after eons of procrastinating over doing so, and was well chuffed at how great it was! Gave me some much needed inspiration for some art as well, always a bonus. Can see what the Deadpool 2 guys saw in Julian Dennison that’s for sure, and of course Sam Neill was brilliant as well. Can’t be forgetting Taika Waititi either for directing it! Excellent job from all in my opinion :)

Driven by my mishearing of something Dr. David Scheel was talking about regarding the octopus Heidi he kept in his home for a yearlong period... His documentary ‘Octopus: Making Contact’ is a lovely thing worth watching I should add!

Something simple, yet magical...definitely need to draw more kelpies here!

Saturday night I was watching a documentary and continued to draw the interviewer.

What's in front of me. I had to use more than one color because it just didn't feel right only brown, or only green.

Cosmic Elephant sits and ponders for 1,000 years.

Cat balancing a pitcher of flowers on its head.

Two watercolor kitties.

Cosmic bird incubates the earth.

This Chicken is cool.

Every dusk my sunflowers get demolished by evil vampire snails. Welcome to spring!

I started a new youtube series called Paint With Frenemy. Channeling Bob Ross in short painting videos. Check it out if you like and please like an subscribe! I'lll be posting new videos every Sunday 9am eastern time. This week video I paint a happy little taco with some stop motion animation mixed into the painting process. Link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hfj3xBju_c

Spring creatures have emerged!

Slug Monster stays positive as it navigates hell.

The Whooping Crane is an endangered species due to human activity. It is the tallest bird in North America.

This colossal bird has traveled to many universes searching for a suitable place to perch, which she found in this earth-like planet.

Sentient flower quietly ponders what it means to be alive.

I just watched a Skillshare video about vectorizing watercolors. soooo fun!

Powdered graphite and iron oxide from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

This guy makes me smile

I did a lot of cats in the Daniel Smith green gold watercolor. Definitely a fun color!

Tried sewing this guy to some colorful paper. I am not that bad at sewing, BUT the sewing machine is from 1950 and doesn't work very well, but I think the imperfections makes it look cool.

Practicing textured backgrounds on wood. Mixed media is MUCH harder than watercolor.

My sketchbooks are currently full of these little guys.

More animal themed ideas. I used a sea otter as a base for this particular ecosystem. There are all kinds of creatures and little treats hidden within. : ) Artwork by Janelle Dimmett. www.janelledimmett.com