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Today’s Watercolor: Daruma

The Maebashi Daruma Festival was last week! We had lots of fun as always 🙂 This picture  doesn’t quite capture my new sparkly gold paint, but I really like how it looks in person!  

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Today’s Watercolor: The Velveteen Rabbit

So, the other day I posted this watercolor of Peter Rabbit. Some lovely friends commented and requested I do a painting of The Velveteen Rabbit, so here it is! Big thanks to Lyles on deviantart who inspired the composition! There’s some … Continue reading

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がんばって、日本! Ganbatte, Japan!

Here’s an interesting cultural difference: In Japan, when faced with a difficult situation or obstacle, people don’t say “Good luck!” They say “Ganbatte!” which vaguely translates to “Do your best!” I think it’s interesting, because it

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