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I painted for 3 hours while waiting to see if I could get online tickets for the Burning Man festival for my son. 23,000 tickets sold without me but I made good progress with the painting!

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I decided not to use masking fluid for the stamens and will paint around any areas that need to be saved using a very small brush.

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These pink hibiscuses were all in a row which caught my attention. The emphasis will be on the blossoms with some of the leaves eliminated or fading into the background.  I love the challenge of painting ruffles!

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I am adding a pathway out of the heliconia garden for the viewer. It was getting to be a tangled mess.

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I am painting bottom to top now and adding color to the heliconia as needed. The masking fluid was removed so I will be careful not to paint over areas that should be white.

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This one will be a tangle of heliconias.  I am using masking fluid to save the highlights versus painting around them. 

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I took this photo at the Allerton Gardens on Kauai about 6 years ago. Should be a fun challenge.

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This will be a fun one to paint with all of the ruffles! 

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I am calling this heliconia watercolor "finished." It is 12x18" in size and I will have smaller prints on my website and in my paintingsbymarcia.etsy.com store eventually. Thanks for following along. The original will be at the fair tomorrow in Princeville.

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Started to put in background foliage which always looks like a tangled mess in real life.

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Back to the heliconia watercolor.  This one is 12 x 18."

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Back to flowers.  This is the beginning of the colorful hanging heliconia.

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The 22x30" wave painting is done and ready for this Saturday's fair at the Church of the Pacific in Princeville.

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This one is almost done. Still in the process of moving, cleaning, renovating.

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Easing back into painting. These waves were at Sunset Beach on Oahu. Oftentimes, the waves roll in close to each other and that is the case here. I am using larger brushes and painting loosely. 

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This watercolor in the Wave Series is done! I decided to stop before it got too tight.  I am using very few colors for the waves so far.

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Still under construction. A little more detailed than I had originally planned but shaping into a surf-able barrel wave.

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Another watercolor big wave started, 22x30". Nice and loose.

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Well, this was a fun one to paint!  Nice and loose so unlike my usual realistic flowers. I plan to do a few more in the wave series.

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