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Related: About this forumUpdate: I'm calling it done so I can put it up at school tomorrow. Dunluce
Castle, Co. Antrim, where a branch of the family tree is from. Watercolor on cotton.

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Update: I'm calling it done so I can put it up at school tomorrow. Dunluce (Original Post)
GPV
Mar 2023
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Ocelot II
(130,850 posts)1. Nicely finished!
Is it from a photo or have you visited there? I've got some shirttail relatives in that part of the world too (one distant cousin runs a cat hotel near Belfast) - brother visited there last summer. There's some beautiful scenery along the coast.
GPV
(73,394 posts)6. From photos. I'd love to actually go there.
Escurumbele
(4,100 posts)2. Watercolor, a medium that only the brave dare use...Well done.
I am an oil artist, have never been able to do well with Watercolor...good job.
pazzyanne
(6,761 posts)4. Same! nt
GPV
(73,394 posts)7. Thank you. I haven't been brave enough to try oil.
calimary
(90,327 posts)11. Well I bet you'd do a magnificent job!
Oils take a long time to dry. But the colors will mix and blend at your command.
Ive found watercolors can often have minds of their own, and dont always behave exactly as directed.
Masterful job you did with these! Such control.
GPV
(73,394 posts)15. A watercolorist has to be an artist, chemist, and physicist. It's very tricky and
I have more failures than successes.
calimary
(90,327 posts)20. Well, it looks like you've learned a LOT from those "failures"!
GPV
(73,394 posts)21. Thanks again!
CurtEastPoint
(20,059 posts)3. That is wonderful. THANK YOU for sharing it w/us!
2naSalit
(103,354 posts)5. I like it!
judesedit
(4,599 posts)10. Very nice work
3catwoman3
(29,588 posts)12. That is just lovely.
I especially like the pink sky.
GPV
(73,394 posts)17. Thank you so much!
Trueblue1968
(19,281 posts)13. Soooooooooo lovely !!!!! You are talented
GPV
(73,394 posts)18. Thank you!
lucca18
(1,468 posts)14. Love this! The colors are beautiful!😍