Veggie Love + Perfect Hashbrowns

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I was flipping through my watercolor sketchbook the other day, and I realized that the VAST majority of my sketches are veggies and fruits. Why are they so pretty? One of my fave sketches I've ever done was an orange. I used this tiny detail brush to add the teeny segments and it was so zen and fun. 

I think the textures and colors of plants is just so interesting. I can't imagine sitting down to paint a chicken breast hahah.

Anyway, I was woken up at 3 AM by a cat and never got back to sleep so I just got up and watercolored. The thing about watercolor is that it's a VERY quiet crafty activity that doesn't bother people who CAN go back to sleep after catnanigans.

Luckily, I had die cut these beautiful veggies on Friday, but had only stacked them up with their matching foliage because Friday was insane. 

So I grabbed my Daniel Smith splits and went to town. All the colors are from the Lydia Split except for Hooker's Green which is in the D split - and is the PERFECT jalapeno pigment.

I did wet on wet watercolor, and that's how I got those fun shadow blends - I HEART the radish one - so pretty. 

The set has a matching sentiment, but I liked the very bold sentiment from this set because I used SO many of the die cuts that it needed balance. These dies are so very realistic.

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If you were in my Gel Press live Friday, then you saw this pretty brayer cleaning sheet I used with this big Thank You die. It's a triple cut die, so you have lots of possibilities. I went for the outer die and the second layer die, leaving the third layer out so it was left white. The paints are golden open - that's why they look so glowy.

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Want the best hashbrown recipe EVER? My friend Bev gave me a tip that is a game changer, and I just realized when I pulled up this recipe that I haven't made these in a year - I need to fix that!

If you have a Kitchen Aid, it's super easy, but a box grater or mandolin with a grater blade would be just ducky. Here's the recipe!

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