# @umapaints on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DTmfKzijpvn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59701719-umapaints-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/669809460f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-01-17T06:14:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Uma Kelkar (@umapaints) — https://gondola.cc/umapaints

## Caption

I signed up to do a mixed media demo for california_watercolor in 2026. I’ve been practicing in mixed media in my mind more than on paper. 🫣

Another tangent - the joy from painting has been draining away for sometime. I no longer see the light in watercolors I used to see. This worries me. I’ve never felt this before. I know my study is spotty but my love had been strong until few months ago. I feel pencils and palette knife calling me - together. Very linear edged tool, both of them. 

#suburbia 

swasky thanks for the song

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