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Still trying to do water color - Boggy lake in northern Minnesota (Original Post)
Ocelot II
Aug 2023
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Nanuke
(693 posts)1. Very well done.
You have captured our state landscape beautifully.
Ocelot II
(123,984 posts)7. Thanks! Minnesota is boggy but bogs are beautiful.
jmbar2
(6,756 posts)2. TRYING? You are doin' it, and very well.
Thanks for sharing. It is beyond my understanding how artists do this.
Ocelot II
(123,984 posts)8. Thank you!
LoisB
(9,901 posts)3. I would say you have passed the "trying" stage. This is wonderful.
Ocelot II
(123,984 posts)9. Thanks - one never stops trying!
thatcrowwoman
(1,230 posts)4. End of summer, autumn moving in. Beautiful water color.
Thank you for this boggy lake field trip, Ocelot II.
Not a single mosquito bite!
🕊thatcrowwoman
Ocelot II
(123,984 posts)10. Lake Bemidji State Park. Lovely place, mosquitoes not too bad.
2naSalit
(96,279 posts)5. Looks pretty good from here.
Ocelot II
(123,984 posts)11. Thanks!
LiberalLoner
(10,856 posts)6. You aren't just trying, you ARE doing it and quite well! ❤️❤️❤️
Love the reflections in the water especially, and how accurate your depiction of the trees is for the life of me I cant paint trees well, and I have been trying for years.
Ocelot II
(123,984 posts)12. But you do those wonderful pastel paintings, of which I am in awe!
Who needs trees?
Watercolors sure are challenging, aren't they?!! Looks like you've mastered them.
GPV
(73,257 posts)14. So good!