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| Day at the Beach 8” x 10” watercolor Arches 100% cotton hot press paper The blue umbrellas, and the shadows below—that’s what caught my eye when I walked by. This is my fourth attempt at depicting this scene. For some reason that I don’t yet understand, it helped to switch to hot press paper, rather than the rougher cold press. Plus I slowed down. Plus I tried not to go over my strokes: with watercolor, the more you fuss, the worse it can get. Slowly, I add these new bits of knowledge to my repertoire. And then I forget them and have to relearn. So it goes with the watercolor learning curve. |
