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Watercolor Portrait in Progress, Aquaboard Try Out by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Krysta Continues' Watercolor on Aqua Board  Contact me for commission work.  Laurie    © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Monday was a cloudy cool day. I told TP mid day it was a lazy day.  We were up at six thirty and drove into Winnsboro about 9. I had a hair appt and finally chopped off the long hair. I had to wait to cut my hair while Ken was shooting the video of my work.  Pictures later.   We left there and went to visit The Jersey Girls .  This is a dairy in Winnsboro. We sampled homemade yogurts , cheeses and fresh unpasteurized milk . Oh my gosh, it was all wonderful.  We came home with a sack full.  We did read up on the raw milk and really have to debate if we will use it all the time or not.  I have to check it for my lactose intolerance . From what I have read, usually it is the pasteurization that creates the problem with lactose and pasteurized milk. But then you have to consider the possibilities of harm from u

Beginnings of Krysta, Watercolor Portrait on Aqua Board, Texas Artist Laurie Justus Pace, Contemporary Fine Art, Paintings

'Beginnings of Krysta' BIG aquaboard...not sure of the size and will have to measure... Watercolor on Aqua board. Contact me to commission a painting.  Still time before Christmas.  Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Go with the Flow.  I have to do it when I use watercolor .  Let go and let it flow.  Try not to be limited by the constraints of edges or specific colors.  I probably should do a Liz Hill workshop.  She is one of the best watercolorists in letting go to let it flow. Allowing energy and fluidity into a painting is often hard. An artist has this controlling side of wanting perfection.  Wrong of course.  It is not the end product but the journey.  I guess life should be that way as well.  Let go and let God.  Allow Him the room to work in your life, release the tight control you have over it.   When I paint I tend to cling to the photo I am using as a guide.  My hand paints to form the image in front