Day 1: Color Swatching Nature

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Identifying tiny splashes of color in an otherwise brown town :)

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Day 2, Texture: I'm Lichen it!

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Reference photos for Texture

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Day 3: Black & White, Miss D

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Even though domestic animals aren't what we normally associate with "Nature", I think it's good to remember that we're ALL still part of nature :)

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Day 5: Patterns in Nature

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This swirling wood grain pattern reminds me a lot of a topographic map, and the moss and needles are just thrown in there for fun as some colorful contrast. Normally don’t paint with Gouache, but I think it was a good suggestion, Rosalie!

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Day 6: 1 Meter challenge

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Loved the prompt... to just find a spot and slowly and carefully inspect it to see what you discover... what a great challenge :)

Although I chose the same species of flower (Gentiana Clusii, I think), there were a variety of them in different stages of development, from very green, to developing the purple color, to opening up into the fully developed flower, which gave it more interesting variety.

Had a good view back to our village as well :)

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