cultural paintings

Yes, more watercolors.

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A group of rice pickers...

painted from this picture:

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then a couple Indonesian kids playing on an ox cart...

from this picture:

  

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 and a Filipino boat...

painted from this photo:

I had alot of fun with them!

birds and bridges

Here are a couple more pictures I have painted recently...

 8.5 x 11in

2.5 x 3.5in

These were both really fun to paint!

(but especially the bridge...)

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I just finished writing a short story, so I might post that after my mom edits it... 

glass bottles

Had fun painting these glass bottles.

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flowers and birds

 So here are a few more paintings...

Some pink flowers,

tiny Hydrangeas,

and a couple birds.

There are still a few more to come!

:)

& more pen drawings...

So I'm finally back with that cat I told you about.

:)

I like it.

It turned out pretty well.

Especially the paws.

Sadly, the scanner cut them off a little. 

 On the whole, my best cat yet, however!

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Then I tackled a dog.

Turned out looking a little too much like a...
 teddy bear?

But still cute.
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And lastly, a forest/river scene.
This was done on an "Artist Trading Card" sized piece of paper, so it's pretty tiny.

I have a couple watercolors to post about too, 

so hopefully I won't be absent for too long.

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pen drawings

We have libraries again!

So I took advantage of ours, and got out:

 Painting Your Favorite Animals in Pen, Ink and Watercolor

Pretty neat book. 

I took a fancy to the pen drawings, and decided to copy some of them.

Here are my results:

A rabbit...

And a bird!

I drew them both with a Sakura Micron pen (0.30 line width). 

I enjoyed drawing them so much, that now I'm working on a cat!

I've tried many times to capture a cat's personality, and have never succeeded, so we will see how this one turns out...

and more paintings...

Just a few watercolors from recently.

A tiger..

 

Not quite realistic, but cute, all the same.

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A duck swimming...

I liked the idea for the water, but I'll need to work on it a bit more before it looks quite right.

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And my personal favorite,

 a duckling in a cup!

(seeing a theme?) 

I'll try to post again soon!

:)