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Calico loaf

I was watching her watch me watch tv

#traditional art #drawing #sketch #pen sketch #cats of tumblr #calico cat #catlr

Mountain views

The river was not so brilliant but I wanted to try my new blue and gold paints...! Looking back at this I think I can see some ways to make the trees on the right side a little more realistic, better edges against the lighter green. I do like how the whitespace creates texture in the mountains. Lots to learn about watercolor!

#traditional art #plein air #watercolor #trees #mountains #river

Lake path

Having a path really is a cheat-code for depth! This needed a bit more time but I had to get going to make it home

#traditional art #plein air #watercolor #trees #Path #wanderlust

River stones

I don't think I captured the water very well, but thus was a beautiful spot for a morning sketch. A peaceful riverbend with trees and some mountains in the background

#traditional art #drawing #plein air #sketch #pen sketch #trees #river stones #alpine

Japanese garden

New blue and gold in my palette! 🎨 Working at using my strokes to create shape rather than texture bc I've found the texture can be too much and very distracting/confusing. Trying to take more from my drawing exp, where shape and boundaries are really key.

I don't love the tree, but I also chose to not spend much of my limited time during this stop on it so *tradeoffs*

#traditional art #plein air #watercolor #trees #japanese garden

Yapper and yapp-ee

Quick sketches in the park

#traditional art #drawing #plein air #pen sketch #sketch #urbansketchers #portrait

Ginseng ficus

Using my new blue pen for some sketches. I like it a lot! Makes me feel like I'm someone cool and drafting. A man kept blocking my view while on the phone and was so oblivious to the world!

#ficus #drawing #traditional art #sketch #pen sketch #trees

Japantown

Sketched a little bridge to recharge my battery after a lot of sun and walking. Not sure what I was going with this but I forgot to bring ANY of my art stuff so I bought some last minute art supplies from daiso.

#traditional art #drawing #plein air #sketch #pen sketch #bridge

Coffee shop under a bridge

I was so done with this painting about halfway through, but the painting wasn't done ugh haha

Was more careful in my first layer about a) leaving brightest areas white b) making it dark enough to stand as a first layer.

Feeling progress, finally :)

#traditional art #plein air #watercolor #trees #bridge #steps

Ravine light

I was working on painting 3 layers in a more disciplined manner, so I didn't fully capture the shadow of the ravine. Used a sponge as well in my palette this time to keep my colors bright.

#traditional art #plein air #watercolor #trees #urbansketchers

Weekend atrium

There's a cool public space in the city that is open on weekends and has really beautiful architecture and big windows. TONS of college students on laptops

#traditional art #drawing #sketch #pen sketch #urbansketchers #architecture #public space

Horizon on the water

Feeling meh about how this turned out, but I have some new ideas of things I can do better :)

#traditional art #plein air #watercolor #cloudscape

Neighborly chonks

They mostly only hold still while eating. Fortunately they love eating hahaha

#traditional art #drawing #sketch #pen sketch #cats of tumblr #catlr

Trees & Tree

Back to water brush...but I like the effect of light in this one.

#traditional art #plein air #watercolor #trees #urbansketchers #sunlight

Flower arrangement

I think I need to watch a tutorial on how to watercolor flowers at a medium distance 😅

#traditional art #watercolor #flowers

6mo of watercolor: Mountains over fog

I wanted to learn how to watercolor and have tried (not always successfully) to watercolor every week. I'm almost done with my first sketchbook and looking back, this is where I started, 6mo ago:

I usually drop hobbies really easily once things get Hard, but I've really enjoyed sharing my work here and it's been a big motivation for me 🥹

#Progress #traditional art #plein air #watercolor #urbansketchers #ocean #mountains #fog

Mini-beach

#traditional art #drawing #sketch #pen sketch #plein air #watercolor #trees #beach #urbansketchers

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