The Joy of Art – October 29, 2023 at 02:52PM

 

I am taking @thiswritingdesk watercolor classes. Even though I’ve already done a lot of their challenges and tutorials I am using this opportunity to re-practice and play. Sometimes progress is fun, sometimes.just loose play is fun and sometimes going back to the basics and reinforcing what you learned before is fun. I am trying to do all of it.

I think I am also pushing the paper in the @heyprimrosia journals to its limit. It buckles a bit but it is standing up to all this water reasonably well.

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The Joy of Art – October 29, 2023 at 01:07PM

 

A certain sweet serenity not before known.

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The Joy of Art – October 28, 2023 at 11:37AM

 

Feel your own immense power.

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Thieves' Gambit
Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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The Covenant of Water
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Verghese is such a talented story teller. I love his multi-generational stories. The way there’s a thread that goes through the years and years and the way you get so attached to his characters. But I also did think this one was too long.

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The Throwback Special
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 stars

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The Five-Star Weekend
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Thornhedge
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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Amazing Grace Adams
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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I'm Glad My Mom Died
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 stars

I kept putting off reading this book. A friend said I would like it so I finally picked it up. It was okay. I think I’d read so much about it that I sort of knew half of the horrible things that happened to her. I love her introspection and I appreciate her candor. I am so sorry for anything she’s had to endure, let alone so much.

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The Hike
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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The Coworker
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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