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Day 25 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days:  Today was a play day.  I love watercolor and am a big admirer of those who have mastered the medium.  I am not that familiar with it or what pigments and paper do what.  So I played around with painting using a limited palette of permanent rose, new gamboge, ultramarine blue, and hookers green.  The paper is bristol board 400 series.  It is very smooth and the paint can be moved around on it easily when dry.  Oil and pastel are such forgiving mediums and it is easy to get lazy and feel like you can fix things later.  If I play with watercolor some more it could force me to be more conscious of each stroke and what it will do.  I also love how the whole painting changes as it dries.  Lots of unexpected surprises show up which usually make the work more interesting.  "Waiting"  14x11 watercolor.