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| Selfie of Maria and I |
I know I have
mentioned before my propensity towards chasing everything artistically shiny
down the proverbial rabbit hole. It’s
because it happens all the time and has happened once again.
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| watercolor journal Maria taught me how to make |
While visiting with
my dear friend Maria she taught me how to make a watercolor journal. Of course now I am hooked and have to make
some more. Not an activity that will
help with my art doll making deadlines.
But in life as in nature, balance is the key.
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| Bike seen on our sight seeing travels |
While in Florida,
Maria showed me the sights. I fell in
love with the trees and wound up spending an afternoon together painting these
in my journal.
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| Watercolor journal entry by Marla L. Niederer |
Where there is
sunshine there are bikes. I had to add
another journal entry after seeing this one.
The real one has more circular wheels than my version. That’s the beauty of a journal. You can paint in it whatever you want without
the fear of painting a “bad” painting because you are probably never going to
sell it and really don’t need to share it with anyone but yourself.
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| Watercolor journal entry by Marla L. Niederer |
Since I wanted to
enjoy our visit together I didn’t spend the entire trip painting. I did take quite a few pictures to paint in
my journal once back home.
While taking in the
sights, Maria brought me to an open market in Dunedin where we ran into a
Jamaican food stand. If you ever find
yourself there and run into this amazing chef cooking Jamaican Intal food buy
your lunch there. His cooking made my
belly so absolutely happy!
This is my favorite
tree that I saw in Florida. Definitely a
watercolor journal entry waiting to happen.
Maria makes the
most lovely journals that she sells on her Etsy shop here.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/EarthandFaery
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| Journal by Maria Greene |
She also sells a
tutorial on how to make your own journals here.
Until next time…..
warm hugs,
Marla
