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The Carnation's Caper by Lavina Marie Verdolaga
The Carnation's Caper
Watercolor on paper
29.7 x 21.0 cm

This is one of my favorite paintings from the exhibit. I'm particularly proud of the way I painted the background; I was experimenting with gradients, and I thought a merging (interchanging?) effect would make a nice change from my usual background, i.e. emptiness haha. This is also the painting I placed on my calling card.


The card is quite simple compared to other artists' calling cards, but it's good enough I think. Funny thing, I designed and had my cards printed before I purchased a domain for this site, so the info on the card is rather outdated. It's okay though; I'm going to update the design sooner or later, once I'm out of cards. 

On an unrelated note, it's almost Christmas, yay! I've always wanted to paint something for this specific season, but I never find the discipline to. :)) I should really change that attitude of mine, and force myself to get into the 'mood' to paint - and actually finish. I have tons of paintings pending right now, it's a tad irksome. :\ But do expect updates soon; a product review, in particular. It's gonna be - wait for it...

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Orchid Blooms
Watercolor and acrylic on paper
29.7 x 21.0 cm

I nearly gave up on this painting; firstly, I didn't know what to do with the background, and secondly, the paper was irritatingly difficult to work with - it absorbed water and paint too fast, creating ugly splotches here and there :\ Good thing I was able to salvage the painting with acrylic paint; acrylic paint seems to have a consistency that watercolor paint lacks. Or it might be just the case that I had/ have no idea how to work with watercolors. Either way, I'm not very proud of this painting, but I think it turned out okay. The colors are much lighter and softer in real life, though.

This is still for available for sale if anyone's interested. :)

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Lull
Watercolor on paper
20 x 15 cm
I've decided to name this series of tiny paintings, 'Flories', short for flora fairies. :3 This is the second one I've done so far, and I'd be really happy with it if it weren't for the bad scan -   for some reason my scanner emphasizes the texture of the watercolor paper. I'm thinking of hunting for hot-pressed paper, which is supposed to be much smoother than cold-pressed paper, which I currently use. Would anyone know where I can find any in the Metro? :)

In other news, I am officially a college graduate, WOOHOO! I'm currently sending out resumes like mad across the region, hoping to land a good job in either the creative or HR/ administrative field. Keeping my fingers crossed! 

P.S. I decided to change my blogger's banner, inserting Five Winks into the image; just to make my blog seem more like me. Let me know what you think! :) Toodles! ♥
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