Last summer I was not ready to go home from college for three months. My friend suggested I keep myself busy with enjoyable things. So of course I had to think of something to make for her. With my paint sitting in front of me, it hit me. Do my first ever full out water color painting for one of my greatest friends ever, which at the time I thought I was just doing a simple animal.
20 questions later, I settled on an orangutan. I first sketched out the orangutan in pencil on a regular piece of paper, then I used a tracing board to transfer the outline over to cold pressed water color paper by using my water color set. The paints are by angora. I have had the same set since I was eight and never thought to use them for anything other than personal use. Having the orangutan down I thought it could use a few leaves. I used the same process as before and noticed that it was uneven. So, I added more to the other side.
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