Lesson Learned, use good paper

seems the 29 faces has me in a rhythm of creating faces

this one began as a pencil sketch

then watercolors on top:

ink sketch for meditative fun

the shading makes her look like she could use a shave

might have to rethink that technique ;-)

this last piece is a lesson learned

the paper is nice for sketching, ink and light washes

i tend to layer my watercolors 

this paper warped and would not take layers in a blending way

i could not get effects that i wished for

and 

abandoned attempting to take it somewhere that pleased me

lesson: use good paper that will take water and paint 

i thought i had learned that lesson ;-)

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also, i saw my first robin of the season today!

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