World Watercolor Month 2022, Day 1 (July 1, 2022)
The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all. –The Emperor, Mulan
Welcome to August, folks! The madness began for many of us in the academic world today, but that didn’t stop my friend Cy from challenging me to blog every day leading up to my blogiversary—which is in the middle of September.
I just might be insane because I’m thinking about accepting the challenge. Since I don’t know what obstacles I’ll face, I’m traveling this road with caution.
So, this week, I’m sharing photo art created during World Watercolor Month, a charitable event to support arts education sponsored by Doodlewash. The challenge to create art every day ended yesterday.
Throughout the month of July, I worked 31+ photos into watercolor-like photo art, at least one per day. I enjoyed taking time out from the daily grind and creating something to share with the world. I “upped my game” a bit this year by processing the photos in multiple applications to achieve unique looks. I shared [cropped to a] square versions of each piece on Instagram.
This week, I will feature seven [uncropped] personal favorites from the month. With each image, I will share something that struck me during the day–a word, a phrase, a poem, a quote. I hear or read so many beautiful things throughout the day, and I’m looking forward to sharing the tidbits with you!
Pics and Posts 
Beautiful painting. And good luck to posting daily till your blogversary
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Where are the “prayer hands” on my computer? 😀 Five days in… Oh, they’re not paintings. They’re photos edited to look like paintings. I call them photo art. 😀
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Oh wow, did not know that. They are beautiful all the same
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Thanks! I’ve mentioned it in the post, but I think people miss that little note. I should do a better job of reminding.
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WOW! That’s quite a goal. But I have faith in you. 🙂 This is so gorgeous Chandra. Lovely and soft. I love the muted greens against the POP of pink. 🙂
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5 days so far. 😀 Thanks, Sheila!
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Beautiful watercolor!
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Thanks, Janet!
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Beautiful painting. I always admire artistic people.
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It is actually photo art, but thanks!!!
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