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Ramblings of a Mad Statistician

@kalany / kalany.tumblr.com

Statistician, grad student, knitter. Public pronouns are she/her/hers/herself.

Happy tenth blog-o-versary to mr

Also happy Friday the 13th. Are the two related? You decide. 🙀

My attempt at a micropainting, on the flap from a box of Benadryl. #practice #painting #practicemakesprogress #arttherapy #landscapepainting #micropainting #minipainting #winsorandnewton #winsorandnewtoncotman #winsorandnewtonwatercolor #primawatercolors #primamarketinginc #primawatercolorconfections

I bought a bunch of frames at IKEA and now I'm putting little scrap art projects in them so I can enjoy them more easily. Eventually I want to put "real art" in some/most but I'm really enjoying framing up my silly little bits. . Black Sharpie, Winsor&Newton Cotman watercolor, and Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections on a piece of cardboard from a Benadryl container. . #lettering #practicemakesprogress #gradient #winsorandnewton #winsorandnewtoncotman #winsorandnewtonwatercolor #primawatercolors #primamarketinginc #primawatercolorconfections #moderncalligraphy #handlettering

Got some more done on this painting. I'm trying to decide if I want to add the veins on the leaves or leave it. Given that it's pretty small, I think I'll probably leave it. So far I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out! 😁 Since I don't have masking fluid, I'm expecting the background to be a bit of a pain 😓 wish me luck. . Paint: Winsor&Newton Cotman (blue, green, yellow, a touch of red on the stamens) and Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections (purples, pinks, orange). Brushes: Dick Blick clearance sable, round sizes 0,1,&5. Paper: Canson XL 140lb cold press, cut to 4x6.5". . #watercolour #watercolor #workinprogress #wip #painting #practice #practicemakesprogress #floralwatercolor #floralpainting #winsorandnewton #winsorandnewtoncotman #winsorandnewtonwatercolor #primawatercolors #primamarketinginc #primawatercolorconfections

Insomnia painting on card stock—helpfully demonstrates the problem with painting on card stock! 😅 . Paint: @primamarketinginc classic + tropical palettes Brush: Dick Blick (6 flat and 0 bright) Paper: card stock bought from OfficeMax (cut into 4ths) . #painting #hyperlapse #hyperpainting #hyperlapsepainting #watercolor #watercolour #practice #practicemakesprogress #insomniapainting #funwithinsomnia #arttherapy

Little WIP of some flowers—I think snowdrops? Swipe ➡️ for a time lapse. Except I ran into the 45 minute limit for Hyperlapse so it cuts off abruptly. 😅 . Paint: Winsor&Newton Cotman watercolor and Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections. Paper: Canson XL 140lb cold press paper, cut down to 4"x6.5". Brushes: Dick Blick clearance sable. . #floralwatercolor #floralpainting #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorpainting #hyperlapse #hyperpainting #hyperlapsepainting #workinprogress #wip #winsorandnewton #winsorandnewtoncotman #winsorandnewtonwatercolor #primawatercolors #primamarketinginc #primawatercolorconfections #practicemakesprogress

I was stressing out because I felt like I needed to make Nice Art on my Nice Paper with my new Nice Brushes. So to try to short-circuit that, I made myself paint some loose-ish florals on some of the not-so-nice paper. 😊 It only sort of worked, but I painted something, so that's a start! . Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections on card stock with my new sable-hair brushes (clearance from Dick Blick). . #floralpainting #floralwatercolor #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #primawatercolors #primamarketinginc #primawatercolorconfections #dickblick #practice #practicemakesprogress #arttherapy

Still life with tankards. . Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections (classic & tropical palettes) on 4"x5.5" card stock with a student grade Princeton no.3 round brush. . Based on a photo on Flickr, "Drink" by Ozzy Delaney (CC-BY). . #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorpainting #practice #practicemakesprogress #princetonbrushes #primawatercolors #primamarketinginc #primawatercolorconfections #stilllife #stilllifepainting @primamarketinginc

Finishing up the still life! This is ~25x speed. I don't know why the angle wobbles, sorry 😓 I decided to stop and call it quits where I did because I was getting frustrated at the paper and it was "done enough" 😅 . Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections on card stock with a student grade Princeton round size 3 brush.. #painting #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorpainting #hyperlapse #hyperpainting #hyperlapsepainting #stilllife #stilllifepainting #primawatercolorconfections #primawatercolors #primamarketinginc #princetonbrushes #practice #practicemakesprogress

More fun with Hyperlapse. It quit recording after ~45 minutes so I quit painting too. 😅 This is 48x speed. . Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections on card stock with a student grade Princeton no.3 round brush. . #hyperlapse #hyperpainting #hyperlapsepainting #practice #practicemakesprogress #stilllifepainting #princetonbrushes #primamarketinginc #primawatercolors #primawatercolorconfections

"Apples". Watercolor on card stock. . Based on a photo "Still Life Reference" by Elusive Muse on Flickr (CC-BY). . Paint: Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections, tropical & classics palettes. Brushes: no-name round synthetic from a cheap palette I got at Target Paper: plain cardstock bought by the ream and cut to 4"x5.25". . #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorpainting #painting #practice #practicemakesprogress #primamarketinginc #primawatercolors #primawatercolorconfections #stilllife #stilllifepainting