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BattleKat said:
That's basically the problem I'm having with watercolour. I always used acrylics growing up and like you say you can kind of do anything anywhere, if you make a mistake you just paint right over it. I'm also really used to working on one area and then moving on to a new one whereas with watercolour it feels like you have to work more in layers and stages with a kind of "big picture" thinking that I am very much lacking! So basically I don't think it's for me and it's pointless trying but then I look at these incredible watercolour pieces and I want to master it!
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I totally understand, yes :lol: Well I hope you get somewhere with it :thumb: I often think it means I'm a bad artist but it's not true, and the same for you! Your talents are amazing even if watercolour ends up not being one of them :D
 
I just finished a making a gift for my friend's new born baby- a felt garland for his nursery. I've never made anything like this before, so it took me a while.

I couldn't resist adding Winnie and Zigzag on one of the letters!

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Lovely work ZigZag! How's the etsy going? I had a look a few days ago and noticed you didn't have a lot listed at the moment.

I gave up trying to learn watercolours. Flicked through the books and felt entirely bored and uninspired so I returned them. I've still been using the paints, just with no real technique and I end up finishing off with brush pens and fineliners because I don't know what I'm doing :lol:

Recently I've done another sleeping woodland animal

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This french bulldog that I was super chuffed with but nobody has any interest in! Had fun doing it though so I don't mind.
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and these mermaids which haven't had much interest either but at least I've sold one!
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Oh and lastly I bodged together a table.

I started with this rusty old chair base that's been hanging around my garden:
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I had some black metal paint from another project so painted the base, then made a table top out of some decking offcuts I found at my brother in law's house. A quick stain later and I've got a table that I'm pretty chuffed with! Going to do something similar with the dining table that's rotting away out there too.
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Has anyone else got any projects in the works?
 
Well in classic "I don't actually know how to paint I just hope for the best" fashion, little mouse ended up stylistically quite different to how it started but I'm still pleased with it.
I was hoping to keep it a bit lighter but it got very murky and dull looking so I had to keep adding to it to get any sense of contrast back.

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These are very beautiful pictures. I just saw the topic. Are you making these pictures yourself?
 
BattleKat said:
Well in classic "I don't actually know how to paint I just hope for the best" fashion, little mouse ended up stylistically quite different to how it started but I'm still pleased with it.
I was hoping to keep it a bit lighter but it got very murky and dull looking so I had to keep adding to it to get any sense of contrast back.

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It’s lovely :love:
 
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