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I told my boys, "That's you, you and you." They paused for a moment, pointed at the hot dog, and asked, "Well... Who's that?" ... "That's your baby sister." -- Ink and watercolor on 5x5 Arches cold press.

Inktober Day 5: "Build" ... Platinum Carbon Black and Holbein Watercolor.

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

I was gifted a pad of Yupo watercolor paper. The color vibrancy is unreal! Definitely a learning curb but the results are so fun. Plus this got me painting again. Working digital is such an easy fall back, but nothing beats a brush to paper.

Water color on my tablet.

Charcoal and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

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Technique exploration.

Always enjoy getting back to drawing the figure from life.

Drawings I made for a commission of the five stages of the Walking Wall installation by Andy Goldsworthy at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. What an inspiring journey to walk and watch it move.

Drawings I made for a commission of the five stages of the Walking Wall installation by Andy Goldsworthy at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. What an inspiring journey to walk and watch it move.

Mashup of geometric patterns and some organic shapes.

The bold white initial letter is sitting on a blue pen and ink hand drawn illustration with a watercolour background.

still in my own challenge to draw just with two tone colors, so here it is a vegetables hamburger

Watercolor and crayon on bits and pieces of paper

Second (and final) attempt at fish in a teacup ...

Advice with animals. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7I1HExh6t6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine run-off on watercolor paper

People watching at the museum 3. (Couple discussing art). ~ watercolour.