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It’s probably both our favourite roasts. Honey roast carrots, mushy peas (is that unusual?), roast potatoes (from scratch), some pre-made Yorkshires, and roast piggy with crackling. Crackling was utterly perfect, nice and fatty and chewy underneath, and nice and crispy on top (but not too crispy not too chewy for either). The crackling alone is a miracle because we have the world’s worst oven. Potatoes were perfect, gravy was perfect. Just what was needed.

First image is second attempt, second image is first attempt

First attempt (some tearing of the paper owing to masking tape being too sticky, and also some brown paint from another painting accidentally getting flicked on it) - entirely done with Cotman pocket set. Forgot I wanted clouds so it had already started drying when I lifted for them. Used way way way way too much water for the reflection AND overworked it anyway.

Second attempt - the blotchy blue bit in the water is from attempting to remove one of my cat’s hairs from the painting. Plus a teeny tiny piece of tobacco in the sky…. Sky and water done with pocket set, foliage and trees done with tube paints mixed to get a darker value. I’ve used too much water on the left, not helped by the water puddling because I took the paper off the block. Another error, I continued to work even once it had dried too much so now the bodies of the trees are too stark.

I haven’t had a huge amount of time to work on them, but when I do I continue to use too much water. First attempt is watercolour paper, not a block, second is watercolour paper, but I did the Sky and water on the block, then took it off. Both St Cuthberts Mill but doesn’t say material used only that it’s white, grain fin, archival, sans acid. But definitely not cotton paper.

Also using 100% synthetic brushes, because when I’ve used my 100% sable ones (on another practice), my water control is too poor to be able to use them well.

Just watched another tutorial video, for a scene from a film I love, and the creator took a piece of cotton paper, wet both sides of it, and placed it on a board. Is this a good technique first of all? (She gets amazing results) and should I avoid doing this as someone who clearly has issues with water control?

Also regarding water control, should I continue trying to learn wet on wet, or would it be better to focus on a different way to learn?

ETA: I have got myself some 100% cotton paper but it was so expensive, I’m frightened to try it because my current attempts and my lack of water control make it feel like it will be a waste.

It’s not perfect, but it’s my first time working with gouache. Thought I’d share anyway, because this scene is such a lovely calm one

My husband is growing a chilli plant in a an old tub of horse manure. Here is the lady herself prepping her nest.

Hi guys

Sorry to put this here - but please be careful of posting your meezers. I just saw mine posted on a sub - I had not posted it and because Reddit refreshed I didn’t see where it was posted in order to get it removed.

Make it harder for bots by applying a watermark. I genuinely didn’t think I needed to.

As a UK citizen, I have posted this and I do not need to claim “copyright”. It is MY image, the law may be different in your country. Please check - some countries insist that you add the (c) symbol to your images.

Also if you see my Murphy in the above image posted today or recently, please just downvote it. If you accidentally downvote me, I don’t care, I just don’t want bots stealing my images for karma.

I suspect I’ll be the one to end up crocheting the damn granny square blanket together

This is him when I shouted at him for a) chewing the stitch marker and b) messing with the light blue yarn. Not guilty, your honour.

(Also yes we’re on Siamese cats too)