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fierywoman

(8,478 posts)

3. On youtube, check out Ian Roberts (for landscapes, composition --- he wrote a very useful book

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Fri Nov 14, 2025, 10:12 AM

Yesterday

on composition although I don't find him terribly useful for watercolor), Paul Wang, Louise Fletcher (very abstract but many thoughts about getting out of a rut), Gabriella Buckingham (still lifes and abstracted landscapes), Nicholas Wilton (especially for getting out of ruts plus abstraction) , many others (once you get the algorithm going more will pop up.)