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Water is a powerful medium. It flows, forms and becomes the shape of the beholder.

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  Water is a powerful medium. It flows, forms and becomes the shape of the beholder. It’s ability to carry or convey materials, memory, colour, origin is unique and true. Water forgives. It's the most merciful. It is accessible and it is the most courteous, yet powerful of all elements. Water forms balance. As poetic it may sound, water springs from earth and pours from sky, uniting the sky and earth, spreading only love. It is believed in many cultures that fresh cool water is the ultimate Almighty. When you keep a bowl of freshly drawn water, it means the presence of God there. Hence, I would call all artists working with water to be in their connection to their deity knowingly or unknowingly. And it’s natural to see a watercolour art being made by the artist in a state of penance. Although, in the mind of the artist painting with  watercolor Sketchbook , sometimes it is as simple as whether the colour is merging and blending as expected and sometimes to go with the flow and...