GJWP Challenge - Chinese New Year

"Chinese New Year" 

4x4 Ink and Watercolor
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Our GJWP challenge is Chinese New Year.

2020 is the year of the Rat.

Girls Just Wanna Paint - "Treasured Object"

"Good Fortune"

Photo shopped image 

I've been wearing this gold charm, for many, many years. It's the Chinese symbol for "good fortune" and was a gift from my husband Don, who knows my obsession with all things Oriental. 
This month's topic for the Girls Just Wanna Paint challenge is 'treasured object' and this is one of my most cherished ones. 

I tried painting it, I really did, but it just didn't have the pizzazz it needed. In desperation I played with it in PhotoShop where it couldn't help but gain some dramatic effects. Placing it upon a patterned fabric swatch creates a great design and I like the way the four images meet. 

Meanwhile, I'm still going out to the 'jungle' to paint twice a week and have a plethora of studies of lily pads, palm trees and green stuff !

Gators are not pets ;)

the Great Egret