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Day 30/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: plantss Hosted by @warriorpainters

A comfort piece for the last day: the wild strawberry I bought a few weeks back.

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Day 29/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Plant(s) Hosted by @warriorpainters

When the rapeseed flowers make space for cow parsley, it feels like spring is starting to make place for summer. Unfortunately, that also means my hay fever season is beginning…

(almost there!)

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Day 28/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Plant Hosted by @warriorpainters

This has to be a speed record here, only 38 minutes! But I really do like this sketchy style! Two more to go!

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Day 27/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: industrial Hosted by @warriorpainters

Ugh… A simple one for today so I can catch up a little. Three more to go, I can do this!!

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Day 26/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Nocturne Hosted by @warriorpainters

Gosh night scenes are fun to paint!

So different from daytime landscapes.

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Day 25/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Aqua Hosted by @warriorpainters

Clouds are quite difficult to paint, don't you think?

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Day 24/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Plant(s) Hosted by @warriorpainters

I love this little corner of my garden, it is the first in the morning to receive direct sunlight.

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Day 23/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Nocturne Hosted by @warriorpainters

I think this one is record-holder of having taken the most time yet - over three hours! So much for the one-hour goal… 😂

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Day 22/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Aqua Hosted by @warriorpainters

And suddenly the sun is gone and we have a rainy day! I was actually pretty excited to paint pools with reflections and muted colours, haha.

But during this bike ride through the forest, I knew I had to paint the soft green light on the asphalt!

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Day 21/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: industrial Hosted by @warriorpainters

In this last stretch it is surely hard to keep up!

Ever since I bought this case I wanted to do a painting of it, playing with the reflections. I'm still on the fence whether the illusion is successful, though. :/

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Day 20/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: … Hosted by @warriorpainters

A watercolour piece for today.

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Correction: Procreate does have a polygonal lasso tool. I didn't realise it is the same as the normal one!

How do you find procreate? Better than photoshop? Do you use a graphics tablet

Hi! I've been using Photoshop for years (recently switched over to Krita as I found Adobe's subscription to be too expensive) and I think Procreate is a worthy alternative.

There are but a few functions that I miss in Procreate that Photoshop has, such as adjustment layers and the polygonal lasso tool. On the other hand, I think Procreate has a better default brushset. If you don't think you need filters or other tools more geared towards photo-editing, Procreate will be perfectly suitable.

I love Procreate as I can take my Ipad everywhere to draw - at home I use a 24" Huion tablet that isn't exactly portable! I've used a Wacom Intuos during my studies, which was great to learn working digitally with.

Hope this helps, feel free to ask additional questions if you have any!

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Day 19/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Plant

Tried to use the lasso tool to draw the leaves, but ended up using my go-to brush.

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Day 18/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Aqua Hosted by @warriorpainers

I like the scribbly feel of the foliage, might want to play more with that.

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Day 17/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Hosted by @warriorpainters

And I'm officially behind! Luckily Easter is near, hopefully I can catch up with the extra free time.

The bottle wasn't filled with wine, btw. :p

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Day 16/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Industrial Hosted by @warriorpainters

I never actually realised that industrial vehicles are quite fun to paint!

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Day 15/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Nocturne Hosted by @warriorpainters

Aaah half-way through and this is the first painting I had to rush to finish on time! City scapes are surely not my friend yet! :(