Advent Challenge Day 20: Three Kings

December 20, 2014

Notre Dame. This is #watercolor with #fsw white acrylic ink + #staedlerfineliner. Kind of like how it turns watercolor opaque like gouache.... Anyone else try it? #experimenting #dailysketch #paris #myart

Just walking, swinging an umbrella... Happy Friday, everyone! 😊😊 #peoplewatching #sketch #walking #painting #dailypaint #myart #watercolorist #urbansketch

Stayed in an Airbnb on an impossibly charming street, Rue Servandoni last month! There was a lovely Creperie (where we ate twice!) and an amazing four 🌟 restaurant (where we ate once!) at the end of the block. It was a wonderful experience. ☺️ #paris #watercolorpainting #dailypaint #urbansketchers #creperie #lacuisinedephilippe #ink #myart #carandache

In memory of Anne Rockwell. #kidlit #kidlitartists #childrensbookfair #childrensbooks #kidlitauthor

More pastries... Too pretty to eat! #laparisienne #patisserie #watercolor #carandachepencils #dailysketch #myart

French treats. What kind is your favorite? Strawberry cake is mine. I first had this kind of delicate cake in a patisserie in Japan though, not France! ☺️ #dailysketch #frenchtravels #patisserie #watercolors #sugar

Early spring on the Seine. #dailysketch #painteveryday #myart #watercolorartists #sketchbook

Woman in green raincoat walking with a purpose reminds me of my mother. #dailysketch #watercolors #rain #people #urbanpeople #myart #sketchbook #quickstudy

French women are tres chic, no? I could never pull off this orange and suede ensemble, could you?! #watercolorpainting #paris #fashion #dailypaint #myart #umbrella #peoplewatching #orange #urbanlifestyle

Beyond thrilled!! Going over my color proofs of Thirty Minutes Over Oregon today and got a message from my editor saying that it has been selected as a Junior Library Guild book!! So grateful to have had the opportunity to illustrate this amazing true story written by Marc Tyler Nobleman. @mtnobleman #wwii #jlg #oregoncoast #childrensbook #kidlit #watercolor #illustration #myart #forgiveness

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