raindrops

strutting down the walk
the crow impatiently flicks off May raindrops

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The Seattle Urban Sketchers gathered at Magnuson park yesterday. This is the old Crow's Nest Inn, done from my car while light rain fell with watercolor again on paper treated with gold gesso.

the edge

sharply defined, the perfect afternoon shadow

painting a nearly imperceptible transition in color
the edge is all-important!

do not err by sticking too closely to the law

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The OED word of the day for the erasure commentary is 'penumbra,' sticking with the eclipse theme.

Another watercolor on gold gesso... actually, the same gold gessoed paper as the figure on Thursday; paint it on, wipe it off! Larger image on Flickr.