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The paperwhites are starting to go by... those long leaves are beginning to droop.

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Ha! The paperwhite flowers are starting to die. Am I ungrateful to the god of paperwhites if I rejoice, just a little?
My arm hurts like bloody hell. Two more days until I go to the body shop and get repaired.

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This is the Yupo fragment of the larger page, but the most successful part.

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Oops! missed two days. I shall not obsess. I shall not obsess. I shall not obsess.
An interpretation of the root system. Im not OCD enough to map out the real thing.
One week to go until shoulder repair day (a bicep tenonesis). I shall be left handed for a while. Left handed and loopy on pain meds. A potentially interesting combination.

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Will this get to #50? Will I survive it? Certainly learning a lot, and isnt that the point?
Misery of a rainy, spitting snow day. And then it gets dark early. Fabulous!

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My glorious pink poinsettia turned up today, so while I still did the everlovin' paperwhite, the pp (pink poinsettia) is the star of the show in my house.

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Yippeee! The paperwhite is blooming!

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#27! I think Im finding more and more in these paperwhites. But the flip side is that it's a chore.
This is free hand gouache with a water brush.
Im going to repair my shoulder in a little bit. Do I take an hiatus from this? And chance not getting restarted? Bank a bunch of daily drawings; but is that honest? Try to do it with my "off" hand? That might prove to be interesting.

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Back to flatness. Hmmmm.
I like the velvety quality of the water wash over the water soluble crayon.

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Eh! Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. And sometimes it's just boring.

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Went to the SMFA Winter Sale. They sure arent shy about prices. Maybe they would sell more if they priced it a bit more modestly. Isnt it better to sell something than admire it on the gallery wall?
Didnt buy a thing, but a sheet of this lovely black paper (Arches?) and a white marker. I dont know what it is, a cross between chalk and a pencil... chawcil?

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Another day, another paperwhite variation.
This one is kitchen string with a glue stick.
A drawing is what you make it.

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Im going to have to buy some black paper. This is Sumi ink brushed on the page. It gives a lovely, velvety feel. Caran D'Ache watercolor crayons. A similar "feel" as the pencils. I think I much prefer, at least for now, color on black paper.

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A bamboo pen and Sumi ink (and Im still super nervous about opening that huge bottle of ink), silver marker pen and a white ink pen.
Following this paperwhite along, day by day, is curiously interesting. On the other hand, it's making all the other possible candidates for a daily drawing almost irresistible.

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Not quite a throw away, but I had an evening meeting, so didnt get to this until 9pm.
Brought Maria's English Almond/Chocolate Toffee to the meeting. Always a winner. More like the crack cocaine of the home made candy world. What could be wrong with 3 cups of sugar and 6 (yes! SIX) sticks of butter?

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Ha! Found the pencil sharpener. In a place that it didnt belong, of course.
This is Sumi ink background and then Caran D'Ache Watercolor pencils. It must be the ink, but the pencils have a sort of pastel layering quality that I didnt expect. Certainly a different "feel" than the pencils on the watercolor paper.
And I love the look on the black background.
Food looks terrific on black plates. Peas are greener, meat is meatier.Im always on the look-out for a set of square, black, dinner plates. But they have to have well defined corners. So far, no luck.

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Im kind of lovin' that cheesey moving company packing paper.
This was supposed to be colored pencils. But I "cleaned" my desk and I cant find my pencil sharpener. Typical.
So this is a set of colored markers and a white pen.

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I bought those paper shredding scissors. Wish the blades were a little further apart.
Ive often looked at the stuff that I throw out when I empty the shredder and think of the possibilities.
I think there is more collage in my future.

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Ten versions of the paperwhite... can I come up with about twenty more?
I'm on a mission today to find paper shredding scissors. I have a feeling that it may be intriguing.

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A trip to Dick Blick... a new Japanese ink brush, a giant bottle of Sumi ink (if this ink spills, Im going to commit hara-kiri) and some interesting paper. All in all a good day, and on sale, too.