Quotes for Days

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I really want to experiment more with watercolor. The only problem is that the cheap water color I have is a miniature set but I do not want to use my Irodori paints just to practice with. In the past, my lack of patience was the reason I hated watercolors....but now that Im like 10 years older, I have what it takes to tackle them again. Well....I have what it takes except an actual cheap water color set to practice with. Meh. Small detail, right?

One way I have been practicing is by combining it with words. In a previous post, I showed a painting where I painted flowers around a Dr. Suess quote I enjoyed. I decided to do that again but with another quote. I love to travel and try new things so I started browsing travel quotes looking for something to catch my fancy. Found it. "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore" -Andre Gide 

I think I got a little excited over the water part...so I had to redo a couple letters. Water and ink do not mix very well..obviously. Otherwise this piece is literally just black pen, watercolor and that banana paper tile. again. Ive got a lot of those... 
I really like how this turned out overall. Of course, having a background in graphic design, I could tweak and adjust the kerning, letter spacing and baseline all day. But you know what, you can only do so well when doing this all by hand and by sight.

This took me maybe an hour and half to complete. Or about 4.5 episodes of Community. I enjoy listening to music or watching a comedy when I work. Preferable something I have already seen before, like Big Bang Theory, Community, Adventure Time, etc. I guess it allows me to remove any logical, left brained overthinking by allowing my brain to think about something else. Let's be honest...a lot of art is just feeling how something should go and doing just that. 

Buuuuut right brain vs left brain in art is a whole different topic. So Ill stop there.

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