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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 1d

Naples yellow, burnt umber, lavender, green gold.

Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 1d

Cove, 5.5" x 11" watercolor on Kilimanjaro 300gsm cold-pressed paper. This is one of a series of 4 using this palette, which I list below.
#watercolor #painting #art

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 4d

Pleased to tell you about the re-launch of my art website! I'll be posting work there for sale, plus new blog posts every Thursday or as close to that as I can manage. I'll still be posting sketches, paintings, and stuff here too, until the Careless People arrive at least.
#art
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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 8d

A few little color studies, 12x16in watercolor on New York Central 300gsm cold pressed paper.
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Sometimes when I don't have enough time to dive into a painting I will do these small studies and just see what happens when colors mix on the paper.

Several small watercolor studies showing the result of mixing complementary colors or color triads.

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 10d

Giralda Tower, 11x15 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 300gsm cold pressed paper.
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Demo from Matthew White's Watercolor Community. This one went awry to say the least, but it was fun.

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 13d

Noise canceling hearing aids. Mom had this issue until she got them.

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 14d

Mooney, 8x8 watercolor on Baohong 300gsm rough paper.
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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 18d

Field of storms, 8x8 watercolor on Baohong 300gsm rough paper.
#watercolor #painting #art

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 22d

Lawrence post office, 11in x 15in watercolor on Baohong 300gsm rough paper.
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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 27d

Worst is when I rinse my paintbrush in my beer.

Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · 28d

Deep, 8x8 watercolor on Baohong 300gsm rough paper.
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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Sep 7

Nowadays the signs of modernity are everywhere. But my daughter had been reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, which made us think about what living in this house must have been like. For a time, we let ourselves be dwarfed by the prairie expanse, as those who lived here might have been.

Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Sep 7

Claim reclaimed, 16in x 9in watercolor on Kilimanjaro 300gsm cold-pressed paper. I included two color studies and my first thumbnail sketch of this crumbling house found on highway K-140 between Lindsborg and Kanopolis State Park. 1/2
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Watercolor of a crumbling prairie house with distant dark clouds and grazing cattle against a hazy, yellowish sky.

Color studies of a lone house on the prairie - ultramarine and burnt sienna, violet and yellow, blue and orange.

Various color studies of a lone house on the prairie - three true(ish) color studies, one yellow and green

Pencil sketch and value study of a lone house on the prairie.

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · Sep 3

On this day in 2017 I visited this beach - on my first ever trip to the Westfjords. After seeing all the black sand beaches it was quite a surprise to find a white (well, yellow) sand one!

#Iceland

A long stretch of yellow sand beach with turquoise water leads off into the distance, with a steep-sided hill at the end. In the distance are some mountains partially hidden by layers of grey clouds (and some visible rain).

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Sep 3

Pernod Ave Night, 11x15in watercolor on Baohong 300 gsm rough paper. We stayed in this little 1930s number during a trip to St Louis in May. The whole neighborhood was full of these well-kept, inviting little houses. Threw in my sketchbook pencil study.
#watercolor #painting #art #sketchbook

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Aug 28

Triggered: my parents made me go to a high school band fundraiser in 1991 and let my stepbrother and cousin go to a music festival in Lawrence. Main stage? Pearl Jam.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · Aug 25

Words cannot adequately describe what a colossal disappointment our mainstream media has been during our slow descent into authoritarianism.

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Aug 25

I feel seen.

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Wolfgang Whyte 𓃦 @wolfgangwhyte.bsky.social · Aug 24

Shining Through ᨊ

Sunlight breaches the stormclouds for ‘Stunday’ over Boulder Mountain in Eagle Pass, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

#Stunday #photography #landscape #art #nature #classicmono #mono #light #monochrome #bw #bnw #blackandwhite #storms #clouds #mountains

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Aug 23

1: Xunantunich, pencil / Sharpie / Kakimori ink on Strathmore toned paper
2: Drawings for color / value studies in progress
3: Reference photo by me

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Aug 23

Work in progress from our stay in Belize - the ancient Maya city of Xunantunich. I wrote about our day there as well - I've been wanting to infuse my work with more story, with the hope that the viewer takes a story away from my work, whether mine or their own.
#watercolor #painting #art #sketch

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is outstanding, well done!

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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Aug 20

How about a sketchbook page.
San Ignacio Hotel pool, San Ignacio, Cayo district, Belize.
Drawn from life, painted at home.
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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Aug 17

I took a bit of a break for our family vacation to Belize. I've got a few art projects cooking from that trip. I'm also working on a website to put my art out for sale! Until then:

Waters edge, 8x8 watercolor on Baohong 300gsm rough paper.
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Jason Dunavin @jdunavin.bsky.social · Aug 1

Evening barn, 11x15 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 300gsm cold pressed paper, and color studies. Exploring different combinations of colors on a smaller scale is a way to give myself freedom from feeling it necessary to stick to the reference.

#watercolor #painting

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