Just taking little steps forward on things!<\/p>\n
Hanging out on my Dad\u2019s porch and painting on a cool almost-summer day.<\/p>\n
The 2 lounging dragons are from a Smaugust sketch a couple years back, scanned, printed by inkjet onto watercolor paper. The bird rider is in my sketchbook. The Spriggle is inspired by the amazing Emily Hare. The other two dragons are yellow and green in my flower dragon project.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Progress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just taking little steps forward on things! Hanging out on my Dad\u2019s porch and painting on a cool almost-summer day. The 2 lounging dragons are from a Smaugust sketch a couple years back, scanned, printed by inkjet onto watercolor paper. The bird rider is in my sketchbook. 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