All — Sorry I'm late with these comments
Joan — Thanks so much for hosting a fun event!!!
LOL about "shopping at home" by rediscovering your own jewelry
Cool bed and linens, and amazing view of the Camry!!!
Thanks for the pic of the FineTec pearly-gold watercolor, sigh
I had some acrylics that were pearly, but like you said, often hard to imagine using them
When I first got them, I used some colors boldly in a portion of a small (5x5?) painting. But it was not my fav effort LOL. So after that, several times, I used a rusty one, and a gold one, but very sparingly, like you are saying. But then I discovered that if I layered it beneath a later thin layer, it would add luminence to the following layer without being too distracting. I only did that a few times before becoming homeless, but it was fun. *BUT* what I was doing
would NOT have worked with watercolor. With acrylics, I often painted a zillion layers. But I often let them dry in between. Although I often painted thin, and the colors, therefore, often interacted, the interactions were usually through transparency rather than through physical rewetting and mixture...
Sorry, I'm rambling
It was fun. I miss it.
JoC — Lovely leaves, and surprised how much nuanced shading you achieved with marker pens, especially with the leaves that have yellow edging!!!
Cool patterns on your ceramic still life and tempting sketch of yuuuummy yogurt
Ai — Nothing is more important than you getting your rest *every* day, and your water *every* day. You know we love your art, but also know that it is *you* that we love and care for.
Joe/Fletch — Thanks so much! I'm hoping to check out your watercolors this afternoon
