#betterthannoart

JenicaMamaLake
2025-06-11

This weeks
Another that began when I first entered
This is a view looking from the ferry across the Sea of Thailand, somewhere between Surat Thani and Koh Phangan. Salty, sea winds wiped passed and I sat smiling, drawing with watercolor pencils and standard colored pencils. Again, it’s not perfect, but who cares? Tonight I added more water color, working to define edges in the softness of water in motion.

A colored water color sketch of a dark, distant island, the sea is different shades of blue, green, purple and white; a perfectly blue distant sky and light colored smoke from the ferry are represented in the
JenicaMamaLake
2025-06-05

Show me what your work in progress is?

I’m leaning into making “bad art,” rather than not making art at all. So I present to you a watercolor sketch of Bangkok, Thailand. The day I began this was in the middle of burn season, the air was thick with smoke and the sky was shining a hot pink through the sunshine and pollution. The shapes are not perfect, but doesn’t have to be perfect. So what’s your current

A sketch of an apartment building with uneven lines, the Bangkok city line is visible on the right side, foliage scattered between, the sky is pink and the sun is glowing brightly. Down the left side is a palette of the watercolor pencil colors used to create the scene. Thanks for checking it out and not making fun of it.

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