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Acorn Squash

Conflicted on this one. I got impatient. I didn't use enough water. I didn't work on individual sections like I planned. I didn't approach this like a watercolorist.

The color is pretty close to my reference though. Dry brush really looks pretty bad on the main part of the squash, but I like it on the stem.

This is how it goes though. I stepped away for a week and a half. I should warm up a bit before I start tomorrow's painting.

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