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I wanted to try a few new things out tonight. First off, this is the first time I've used a liner brush for fine lines in a watercolor painting. Second, I tried out a dry brush technique on the foreground - using the very little water and painting with the side of my brush.

Watercolor landscape painting is mystifying to me. Watching a professional work through color choices and composition while inventing techniques for representing various settings and objects is inspiring. I think I may be on my way to trying out some on-site watercolor landscape painting later this week.

Lastly, I think I am using too much water in my palette. That's easy enough to fix.

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