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Crazy how time just flies by. And it\u2019s only getting worse as we age\u2026 Half the year is gone already huh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What have I been up to? Lots, and lots of art. I\u2019ve been doing a sketch (occasionally more) everyday after work. Or if I head out on the weekends\u2026. So that means I\u2019ve been doing loads of art on a small sketchbook. Started doing it since the 23rd of May and have not skipped a day since! Pretty impressive for me really. I\u2019ve rarely kept up with doing something almost daily (well, typically just weekdays) for so long! I do not have much stamina when doing things, really! All the sketches are on my Cara account here<\/a> as I have shared in the previous post. Do check it out! I post pretty much the moment I finish the sketch, so you kinda get live updates. And I do write a lot there too, like some fun stuff (to me anyway) about what happened when doing the sketch, some backstory\u2026 Thoughts about the art supplies etc. All there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So today\u2026. I did some swatches, and also put together a Holbein travel palette! Because I bought all those tiny palettes and they need to be used right? They deserved to be used. So yeah, that\u2019s partly why. It just is fun too\u2026 But I definitely feel the barrier to using a new palette because I\u2019m not as familiar with the new palette. I put together a 12 color qor palette before this and I was so unfamiliar with that since I put it together somewhat hastily\u2026 That I grabbed the wrong color a couple of times. I also missed some of the convenience colors that I had in my other palette, like the buff titanium especially. With this Holbein though, I have a whooping 24 colors\u2026 My first urban sketcing palette only had 21 colors even after all my add ons! So 24 colors was such a luxury. So I\u2019ve included a bunch of fun, convenience colors like oranges and tons of greens. So far I\u2019ve hardly, almost never mixed a green from yellow and blue\u2026 I have mixed my greens with other colors, but hardly do I make it from scratch so to speak. And this palette has a whooping FIVE greens lol. I do love drawing foliage so\u2026 That\u2019s my excuse lol. That, and I have space. So why not right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alright. I\u2019m getting really sleepy and it\u2019s past 12 midnight\u2026 So, till next time! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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