I’ve always loved the intersection of pictures and quotes (the\u00a0stick figures series<\/a>\u00a0is a prime example). So when I stumbled across a new drawing-plus-quotes project while reading a watercolor book, I couldn’t wait to try it!<\/p>\n

Not only do I get to peruse my quote collection, but I got to try out a new watercolor technique. Win, win!<\/p>\n

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The heart and rose are on post-card sized watercolor paper. After finishing the painting I added in the quote with a drawing pen.<\/p>\n

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Ashley on her bicycle was the first painting that I did in this line. It’s not yet complete, as I haven’t yet added in a fitting quote – though I do have a couple of them picked out. This is a larger work, nearly 8×10″.<\/p>\n

Not sure what happened with that “antenna” sprouting up out of Ashley’s head – re-painting the image will give me more practice with the procedure and the materials and hopefully end up more as I intended it. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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