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Orange Lily

I have a long list of things I want to paint and flowers are at the very top! Probably because I am ready for spring and I miss them. I've been trying really hard not to paint flowers lately, but now it's all I can think about. In this painting, I tried to just paint everything one layer at a time. I really like the effect and I think I'll be doing it again. (6x9)

Orange you glad...

I didn't paint another flower? Ha! So I decided that it would be fun and good practice to try painting faster on a smaller scale. I got a new book of watercolor paper that I am really excited about, too excited about. It's a 6x9 Strathmore pad of paper. What I like about it is that it was made at a paper mill that purchased 100% wind renewable energy. I don't usually go out of my way to be "green", but when it is as easy as picking up a different pad of paper, I'm all for it. Especially when I am not advanced enough to notice or care about a change in paper. I was turned on to a website called  paint my photo  by a fellow blogger. It's a great resource for photos of things you want to paint that you can't take a photo of yourself. I've found pictures of things that I didn't even know I wanted to paint, but sure enough, I do now! I was just checking it out to see what it was about when I stumbled upon this picture: I love this photo and...