Hi Janet Fawcett, welcome to our community! I'm glad to see you here! When you get a chance, comment with an introduction and feel free to post with photos of your artworks and nature experiences or any questions you have 🥰

Please welcome Sarah to the community! She's an artist and grower/seller of plants. Sarah, please give everyone an introduction to yourself and tell us all what you'd like them to know about you and what you do/want to do? I'm glad you're here!

Are any of you currently submitting work to art shows/exhibits? I have entered a few this year after not entering any last year. So far nothing has been accepted, but at least not rejected yet either since the deadlines are just now approaching for all three shows. Here's the one I just entered to OPA's online spring showcase. I entered the old shed painting in the National Exhibition and if it manages to be accepted, I might be taking a trip to Steamboat Springs to attend the opening. Aside from loving Colorado, it would be exciting to make it into that show and I'd like to see it on the wall.

I think I may have done something wrong when washing the first one. It was a pretty big rock and it crushed to powder easily. There was a lot left in the jar after the first pour. I think it still has a lot of useful pigment, and I think I will try washing that part again. I don't think I have a picture but I'll take one. It took the pigment a good while to settle. I waited 5 days before I poured the water off. I used smaller jars but not the tiny because it looked like there was a lot. Again it has taken a long time to settle, 6 days, but I think can pour it later today into the tiny jars to dry. It didn't make as much as I thought so I think a lot is still in that original jar. I've washed three different ones now. The #2 yellow has also taken a long time to settle. It's been a week and I think I will pour it later today too. The third one has settled quicker, 3 days today and it looks ready to pour. I am thinking maybe our soft water here may have something to do with it taking long to settle. I didn't want to try the alum solution yet. If I do try it, I was thinking I would start slow with just a half a dropper or less.