Eli

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Life is peachy

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There's something soothing about building an abstract. Though I felt I wanted to add a bit more 'llfe' if you will, with no commitment other than purely enjoying the process and let my intuition guide my hand.

#hydrangeabouquet for the journal.

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Painted with #danielsmithwatercolor and finished with #winsorandnewton black ink lines on cold press #cansonwatercolorpaper for practice.

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When I'm nose down painting, the world turns and I don't notice. I have worked on a few exercises since last time I posted, but I'm kinda loving these postcard size abstracts made with my smallest spatula. They remind me a lot of my father's works.

Beautiful!

#dopamine

Haven't posted in a while! For the journal. Watercolor, gouache, ink.

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It's my birthday!

#mayflowers bring you the month's birth flower, the lilies of the valley. We have these little cuties on our garden. They are beginning to bloom after a long winter nap!

#watercolorflorals #watercolor #tinywatercolor #liliesofthevalley

7) lastly (for now), I learned to enjoy the journey rather than focus on how perfect the finished product can be. I discovered that when I enjoy the process, my product brings me unimaginable joy, even if it never sees the light of day. 6/6

6) I learned to stop, look at the piece, and decide that it's finished, embracing what I would normally think as flaws and rather thinking of these as the indicator that makes each piece unique. 5/6

4) I learned to embrace the imperfections that come with the organic movement of the water
5) I learned to let go of the details and challenged myself to look at and capture the bigger picture, rather than focusing on how close to the original I can make things look. 4/6

2) Practicing every day forces me to pay attention to my surroundings, to leave the comfort of my office even if it is to step into my garden to appreciate the immediate natural environment. 3) I challenged myself to just start painting without sketching a pencil outline. 3/6

1)It reminded me that no matter how big or small, the more you do something the more comfortable you become with it.
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I am an on-and-off visual artist whose muse only visits for a limited time, with sometimes 2-3 year gaps in practice. This said, I have been consistently practicing my watercolor painting for over the last three months, almost every day. These are a few takeaways so far from this journey. 🧵 1/6

Lunchtime #doodles with our fully bloomed #cosmiccrisp #dwarfappletree and gorgeous #creepingcharlie blossoms. And the new nanopalette fits my home made #tinyartjournal!!

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Tiny #snowdrops

#watercolor #abstract #floralabstract

I have decided that #oilpastels are not a medium I enjoy. However, because of how my hand uses them, I also decided they would be perfect to help release frustration. #angrydrawing

I admire y'all who can draw/draft with a mechanic pencil without breaking the tip every 5 seconds. #heavyhandedartist

A watercolor I painted of a fully bloomed lime blossom surrounded by some lime leaves and smaller flower buds. They do smell so good!

Just a lime blossom from our potted lime tree here in the PNW. Yes it produces limes, and the sun room smells amazing!

3x3 tiny watercolor of a cute little lighthouse on top of a three step rotunda staircase, surrounded by trees and lit by park lamps from behind.

In love with this little #lighthouse I made the other day.

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Acrylic painting of 4 random planets in a random galaxy

Y'all!! It's the first #acrylicpainting I've done in over 25 years, all with primary colors 😭

#galaxypainting #galaxy #planetpainting #planets

3/3 This is all brush, color, and water, with a limited palette. My brain says thank you for the freedom.

#watercolor #watercolorpractice

2/3 Mastering simplicity is difficult, but I'm now more comfortable in letting the water do its thing rather than drawing first, or getting too hung up on the details afterwards.

Watercolor of a fully bloomed snowdrop on white background.

Watercolor of a fully bloomed stem of three purple scilla siberica surrounded by its long leaves.

Yesterday's practice.. Fully bloomed #snowdrop and #scillasiberica from our garden on 4x4 cold press.

Perfection is an illusion.

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Feeling violet today!

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Cosmic crisp apple blossoms from the garden for the tiny journal. No painting, but had to do something at least.

#tinyartjournal #pigmentlinerdrawing
#nopencilneeded

Another one for the journal.

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Just a #tinywatercolorpainting on my #tinywatercolorjournal

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