Watercolor on sketch paper behaves really differently than on watercolor paper\u2014 much wrinkling, different absorption, different puddling, different lifts…<\/p>\n
No mermaids today. Hope having color makes up for it. I do not know what that teal\/blue beastie is. Do you? Please send a name!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Watercolor on sketch paper behaves really differently than on watercolor paper\u2014 much wrinkling, different absorption, different puddling, different lifts… No mermaids today. Hope having color makes up for it. I do not know what that teal\/blue beastie is. Do you? Please send a name!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pakBUO-gk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":140,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/moon-dragon-watercolor-ink\/","url_meta":{"origin":1012,"position":0},"title":"Moon Dragon (watercolor & ink)","author":"Kir","date":"28 September 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Moon DragonOne of a pair. 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