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<\/p>\nSome friends commissioned me to make art as part of their celebration of their 35th anniversary and their recommitment ceremony. I\u2019ll share with you some of the bits, then the whole thing.<\/p>\n
I wound up making a bit of a painted quilt: 9 3\u201dx3\u201d watercolors with one wider item, all mounted onto an even heavier piece of watercolor paper. Some of the bits were easy to think of, some easy to draw and paint, some\u2026not so much! Some bits I\u2019m not super pleased with (of course) and some I\u2019m proud of and some of those are the same pieces! *laugh* I\u2019ll share one of those coming up.<\/p>\n
These are likely to appear on your screen much larger than the originals, which a handy way to notice what I want to improve on for next time\u2026.<\/p>\n
Happy 35th to my friends KH & LH!<\/p>\n
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