LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Dragonfruit. When Dragonfruit Goes Bad!
Playing with my Ohuhu Water Based Brush Markers over Schmincke Super-Granulating Watercolor on Hahnemühle Bamboo Mixed Media Paper.
@ohuhuart @schmincke_official @Hahnemühle_USA
@hahnemuehle_global @Hahnemühle FineArt

#joke #dragonfruit #dragon #paintings #MastoArt #art #worldwatercolorgroup #doodlewash #lifeimitatesdoodles #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Fox.
Did you know the red fox uses the earth’s magnetic field to hunt, using jt to determine distance as well as direction? Ohuhu Brush Markers & Marker Pad @davincipaints @Hahnemühle_USA @Hahnemühle FineArt

#fox #worldwatercolorgroup #doodlewash #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Icicle.
Did you know icicles are more common in northern cities than anywhere else?
@schmincke_official @Hahnemühle_USA
@Hahnemühle FineArt

#paintings #MastoArt #art #icicle #plant #worldwatercolorgroup #doodlewash #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: River.
Did you know there are different types of waterfall, though disagreement on what they are? It is generally accepted that a series of small waterfalls along a river is a cascades.
Da Vinci Sketching Stuff palette, Hahnemühle Cold Press Postcard

#watercolor #nature #waterfall #paintings #MastoArt #art #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Soup.
Did you know Joseph Campbell created the recipe for condensed tomato soup in 1897? Reducing the amount of water saved on shipping and storage. Am I the only one singing ‘Soup and Sandwich’ right now?
* Da Vinci Sketching Set Watercolor Palette
* Hahnemühle Collection Cold Press Watercolor Paper
* Photo reference by PDPics on Pixabay

#cup #mug #tomatosoup #soup #paintings #MastoArt #art #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Dalmatian.
Did you know Dalmatians were used as ‘coaching’ dogs, trained to run along side coaches and help move the crowds out of the way? That’s why they were chosen to be firehouse dogs when firetrucks were still pulled by horses.
* Da Vinci Sketching Set Watercolor Palette
* Hahnemühle Collection Cold Press Watercolor Paper
* Photo reference by RebeccasPictures on Pixabay

#dalmatian #dog #animal #firehousedog #paintings #MastoArt #art #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Snowshoe.
Did you know that both the snowshoe hares, often mistaken for rabbits, are precocial, born ready to survive on their own.
* Schmincke Glacier Super-Granulating Set
* Hahnemühle Collection Cold Press Watercolor Paper
* Photo reference by Alexas_Fotos on Pixabay
@schmincke_official @Hahnemühle_USA
@hahnemuehle_global @Hahnemühle FineArt

#animal #rabbit #hare #paintings #MastoArt #art #worldwatercolorgroup #doodlewash #lifeimitatesdoodles #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Owl.
Did you know the Grey owl ’s facial discs, the largest of all owls, helps direct sound waves to its ears?
* Schmincke Glacier Super-Granulating Set
* Hahnemühle Collection Cold Press Watercolor Paper
* Photo reference by jecqan on Pixabay
@schmincke_official @Hahnemühle_USA
@hahnemuehle_global @Hahnemühle FineArt

#greyowl #bird #owl #paintings #MastoArt #art #worldwatercolorgroup #doodlewash #lifeimitatesdoodles #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Ornamental Kale.
Did you know,by changing the water each day, you can reduce the stink? Da Vinci Sketching Set Watercolor Hahnemühle Collection Cold Press @Hahnemühle_USA @Hahnemühle FineArt * Photo reference by Gruendercoach on Pixabay

#ornamentalkale #cabbage #kale #flower #paintings #MastoArt #art #worldwatercolorgroup #doodlewash #lifeimitatesdoodles #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Comforter. Sometimes the best comforter is a hug! Did you know that gibbons start the day singing, often in duets?
* Paul Rubens Artists Watercolours
* White Gouache
* Hahnemühle Rough Collection Watercolor paper
* Photo reference by rabedirkwennigsen on Pixabay
@Hahnemühle_USA

#apes #hug #tgibbon #paintings #MastoArt #art #worldwatercolorgroup #doodlewash #lifeimitatesdoodles #paulrubensart #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Cobblestone.
Did you know that cobblestones are rocks that are 2.5-10 inches, with smaller rocks being pebbles and larger rocks being boulders?
* Schmincke Glacier Super-Granulating Set
* Hahnemühle Collection Cold Press
* Photo reference by 5506523 on Pixabay

#university #cobblestone #wall #path #paintings #MastoArt #art #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Skiing. Did you know the oldest known ski comes dates back somewhere between 4,500 & 2,500 BC?

#paintings #art #masoart #snow #skiing #skies #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Feather.
Did you know the two species of Cock-Of-The-Rock, the Guianan and the Andean, are allopatric, meaning despite their similarities they have separate territories that do not overlap? I love the unusual feathers on this bird!
* Paul Rubens Artists Watercolours
* Hahnemühle Rough Collection Watercolor paper
* Photo reference by MayraBotelho on Pixabay
-of-the-rock

#cock #bird #paintings #MastoArt #art #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Igloo.
Did you know an expert can build an igloo in about an hour’s time?
* Schmincke Glacier Super-Granulating Set
* Hahnemühle Cold Press Postcard
* Photo reference by sharonang on Pixabay

#people #snow #igloo #ice #paintings #MastoArt #art #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Robin.
challenge-Jan. 13, 2023.
Did you know that American Robins have about about 2,900 feathers?
This was done using only two colors - Charlie O'Blue & Terra Cotta.
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* Mary Roff Handmade Multi-Media Journal etsy.me/3Q3YdYp
* DaVinci Sketching Stuff Watercolor Palette
* Photo reference by Perkon on Pixabay

#sky #paintings #americanrobin #robin #bird #MastoArt #art #sketchingstuff #doodlewashjanuary2023

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CatFitz · @catfitz
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Camellia
January Art Challenge by @doodlewashed

I love tea, regular tea made from the Camellia sinensis.

#doodlewash #doodlewashjanuary2023 #camellia #tea #CamelliaSinensis #watercoloursketch #watercolour

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Alps
Did you know that there are seven Alpine countries, but Liechtenstein is the only one located 100% within the Alpine region.
* Schmincke Glacier Super-Granulating Set
* White Gouache
* Hahnemühle Collection CP Postcard
* Photo reference by FrankBeckerDE on Pixabay

#clouds #mountains #alps #paintings #MastoArt #art #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Monkey.
Did you know the Japanese Macaque (aka Snow Monkey) lives farther north than any other primate, except for humans?
* Schmincke Super-Granulating Set
* Hahnemühle Bamboo Mixed Media paper
* Photo reference by andrew_t8 on Pixabay

#snowmonkey #monkey #animal #macaque #paintings #MastoArt #art #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Husky.
Did you know that there are 22 dog breeds that are considered huskies? Schmincke Watercolor, Hahnemühle Postcard, Ref by Jeannette1980
@schmincke_official @Hahnemühle_USA
#husky

#dog #worldwatercolorgroup #doodlewash #doodlewashjanuary2023

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LifeImitatesDoodles · @SandraStrait
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prompt: Branches. Did you know tree branches stay at the same height forever, because trees grow from the top?

#wood #branches #tree #paintings #MastoArt #art #doodlewashjanuary2023

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