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I got some cheap stencils from Walmart and the dollar store, so I've been playing around with them in my watercolor journal. Hard to believe I've already painted a third of the pages so far! Lately I've been focusing on painting landscapes and backgrounds because I feel like those are my weak points. However, I've also been trying to learn how to paint "less specific", more abstract to break myself out of my lifelong obsession with form. This piece was inspired by batik fabric. I love all the patterns, colors, and designs.

Something interesting I noticed with using stencils and watercolor. The paint spilled beneath the stencil! Not sure what else I was expecting with watercolors. But I thought that made it even more interesting and dynamic. At first it annoyed me and I almost ripped the piece out of my journal because I thought it was ruined! That's the control freak in me that wants everything to go according to plan. I need to learn to live with things even if they don't manifest in the way I want them to.

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I got some cheap stencils from Walmart and the dollar store, so I've been playing around with them in my watercolor journal. Hard to believe I've already painted a third of the pages so far! Lately I've been focusing on painting landscapes and backgrounds because I feel like those are my weak points. However, I've also been trying to learn how to paint "less specific", more abstract to break myself out of my lifelong obsession with form. This piece was inspired by batik fabric. I love all the patterns, colors, and designs.

Something interesting I noticed with using stencils and watercolor. The paint spilled beneath the stencil! Not sure what else I was expecting with watercolors. But I thought that made it even more interesting and dynamic. At first it annoyed me and I almost ripped the piece out of my journal because I thought it was ruined! That's the control freak in me that wants everything to go according to plan. I need to learn to live with things even if they don't manifest in the way I want them to.