August 19, 2009 - Day 9

Da Vinci watercolor and Prismacolor colored pencil on

140 lb Bockingford cold press watercolor paper

It was so tempting today not to do the project. I was busy all day and didn't sit down to paint until late afternoon. I didn't know if I was even going to be able to complete the card tonight.

I am finding that I am able to save a lot of time by using Corel Paint Shop Pro to identify my color values. I am able to get my colors dark enough the first time so I don't have to re-do any of the painting. This has cut my painting time down tremendously.