For all my fears towards wet media, it became really fun after I got past the initial anxiety. I'm much better with my brushes now, and I've ruined them less compared to when I started. Now I get why plein air artists just LOVE watercolors. It feels encouraging when you can sit down, make some loose washes, and you have something vaguely recognizable. It's not very dependent on having a good lineart, which I still struggle with, compared to say, alcohol markers. I've done nothing but gansai (Japanese watercolors) and occasional ink the past week, I think I'm due to switch just so I don't end up settling (and I like my other stuff too). It's so damn comfortable, though. Covering large area with markers and coloring pencils tends to be pain in the ass. Well, nothing stopping me from laying down washes for backgrounds and just use my other supplies for the foregrounds. I think the biggest epiphany that has helped me move forward is discovering that I'm a shapes-first kinda person rather…
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