Terri W2R’s,
Gosh, if your regular watercolor paintings are super amazingly realistic , your WC pencil paintings are going to be 3D cinematic! I will be stalking the forum looking for your posts! 
PS…I would’ve searched heaven and earth for 400 lb WC paper 
haha
Sonia W0R’s
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Sonia with no R’s
You did a wonderful job. I really like the looseness of this artwork. When watercolors I really want to learn to paint loose like this and not tighten up.
I really enjoy seeing all of your artwork. When I am having really bad days then I will just watch some of the older live lessons. I have watched this one more than once.
Teri
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Thank you Teri W1R @TLP,
I honestly have to follow a lesson/tutorial for anything watercolor. I still have a long journey ahead of me before attempting anything without tutorial. I can do graphite and my absolute favorite soft pastels on my own.
Oh, and anything oil paint is even farther down the road before I can be brave enough 
, but I will post all my tries!!
Sonia
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Sonia with no r’s,
One thing I have learned in doing my own artwork from reference photos is to see it as a lesson, remember what Matt says during a lesson on a similar subject.
I look and think do I sketch it myself? What medium would work? Do I use a grid, transfer, observational drawing? What part of the reference do I want to use? All of it? Just a part of it? What subjects am I more comfortable drawing or painting? Landscapes, animals, ocean scenes? Do I want to go out of my comfort zone and give something different a try?
I am doing a project where I am sketching first in graphite pictures out of my comfort zone. Then look at it and think would this work best with: colored pencils, watercolor, pen and ink, colored inks, pastels, water-mixable oils, acrylics, etc.?
I remember that it is only a piece of paper and medium. I work it in sketchbooks and if I like how one turns out I mark it to do a more formal piece of artwork.
Anyway, you practice and what you can do with pastels and graphite you can also do with other mediums, it will just take practice in those mediums like in pastels.
But also sometimes we are just meant to work in one or two mediums, for me I like working in multiple mediums since I have neurological Lyme Disease and there are days I can’t even work in one. I always have multiple projects going at the same time.
With a little confidence and lots of practice you can use any medium!
Teri with 1r
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