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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Cottage Rose

Being in nature and allowing ourselves to absorb both its gentle beauty and fierce power is a healing act. We do not have to travel far to open ourselves to this gift.
- Unknown

My sketch for today...


"Cottage Rose" watercolour on Visual 140gsm - Maree©

I did this sketch on a piece of Visual 140gsm watercolour paper - it's so thin, it just sucks up the paint and won't flow at all and once you've made a mistake, that's it, can't be fixed. Like the muddy leaf top right-hand corner - I promised myself I won't be using it again, but there you go...

And it reminds me of Ronell van Wyk's post on using greens - I've decided they are very tricky after all!
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6 comments:

  1. Art with LizSeptember 1, 2009 at 8:43 AM

    Lovely Maree! And your acrylics are looking superb - love the abstract!

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  2. Maree ClarksonSeptember 1, 2009 at 1:19 PM

    Thank you Liz.

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  3. TrishSeptember 1, 2009 at 7:31 PM

    love the rose!!

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  4. Maree ClarksonSeptember 2, 2009 at 4:54 AM

    Muddy leaf and all. Thank you Trish!

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  5. Creative CardsSeptember 2, 2009 at 5:56 AM

    Still a fabulous painting Maree!! Even with the muddy leaf. Of course I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out. :)

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  6. Maree ClarksonSeptember 2, 2009 at 6:19 AM

    NOW you tell me! Thanks Crista.

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