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It\u2019s only the start of May, but there\u2019s been quite a bit of ups and downs in terms of my emotions thus far. I cleared most of my penpal letters, then ran out of steam for the last few, which I\u2019ve still not replied to this date\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I sent out a whole bunch of art\u2026 And then painted lots more. Finally also got around to organising most of the more recently purchased watercolors, panning them out (as in, putting into half pans) and swatching some of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s what I just did on like\u2026 This past Thursday? That will have to suffice for my art this weekend\/week\u2026 Since I am here now in Lotus Desaru Beach Resort & Spa, just staying here for the weekend aka one night. I bought along my iPad (which is what I\u2019m typing this entry on), and a 3×3 cube and a clock. Will talk more about the cubing stuff in my other blog. But no art supplies on this trip. I mean, there\u2019s really not much time since we are only staying for a night! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried doing an urban landscape last weekend with my holbein gouache and that turned out nicer than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also\u2026 Gosh, the new granulating colors that holbein announced on their instagram. The colors looks amazing and I am a sucker for granulating watercolors AND color separating\/chromatography stuff. Like the dusk colors in the Rembrandt line. Gosh. There goes my money again. I want those. All of it. Fuck. I think I\u2019m gonna be collecting the entire series of them\u2026? Well depends on how many colors they will have in total I guess. So far they have announced 12 colors. A very collectable number thus far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve kinda tried to reduce the buying\u2026 But also not really. Just placed a fairly large order for Blue Pine Arts watercolors, because of their 25% rebranding sale\u2026 And I stocked up a lot on my Kuben\u2019s gold pan. And also bought a lot of other shiny colors. Yeah. Absolutely in love with Kuben\u2019s gold. Also ordered some more shinies from Renneiscence colors\u2026 Gonna have to dig out my current supply of those and use them\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also\u2026 Decided to take the plunge and get those arrtx simptap markers. After being tempted by them for ages. Reason being because there was an abstract piece that I tried to do with gouache and I had to keep laying on the gouache and wait for it to dry between coats (or well, use the heat gun, which I did)\u2026 It was a long process. Would have been way faster with arcylic markers. And the posca pens kinda do the splattering thing on certain surfaces with annoys me soooo much. Either way. I\u2019ve been tempted for months and finally decided to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, absolutely in love with shinies. Shiny gouache is what I\u2019ve been using. Mostly holbein. And that one Kuben\u2019s gold from BPA. Hope more will join me soon. I wonder when they will ship it out\u2026 Because I did add on some paper products which they said are preorders and will take a month before they are shipped\u2026 I wonder if they will do two shippings\u2026 I did buy a lot afterall! We\u2019ll see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hmmm. That\u2019s it for now I guess. Till next time! It\u2019s getting late and I still want to blog about cubing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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