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Well,a couple of weeks ago I was very active with my brushes. the enthusiasm  lasted a while and was able to do a few pieces that I like.
this is one of them,a simple-single-very lonely Lemon.
I Haven't   been too creative,as for what kind of subjects to paint.
I'm not good at landscapes of portraits,so... this is what it's left for me...LOL
This is a small watercolour but I really Like the simplicity of it and I was very happy with it when I finished it.
Because I took the photo outdoors and the light was so bright,the photo is a little bit too bright and really wasn't sure  if I wanted to use photoshop to darken it.
in order to make the painting look good,I had to do a little bit of cropping.
this is watercolour,painted on Arches (cold pressed) and according to my measurements  it'll have to be framed 9" 1/2x7" 1/2.
it was painted on July the 14th. '16
  

Sweet Pea

this is a Watercolour inspired by the unusual shapes of a sweet pea. 
I really never paid attention to those little-colorful flowers.
They were in full bloom not long ago and I decided to take a closer look to the plant and really got a nice surprise to see how pretty and kind of different  they are.
I knew that I had to paint them but I didn't have a clear idea of  what I wanted to do.
I Started sketching and painting the flower and then...  
I didn't really knew what to do.
so,trying to do something different and because I just  wasn' t sure   on what to do...
I had this "Idea" of doing some kind of Abstraction for the background and I drew a vase,I cut it in half and traced the shapes directly to my paper.
this is what I ended up with.
Not good planning usually takes you nowhere,I liked the little bloom because of  the strong color and unusual shapes but I could've done better with the background... (Maybe not...LOL)
it is a watercolour,painted on Arches (Cold Pressed) and it measures 12"x9" it was finished on July the 3rd. '16

                                        This is a watercolour that I painted not long ago.
The photograph is Original from Viacheslav on the PMP website (Paint my Photo)
I just couldn't  resist the Exquisite composition and soft colors of the tea pots.
The Yellow bowl and the lemon added some beautiful contrast.
The photograph of the painting is not a good one,but the painting is actually very good. (I think)
It is a watertcolour painted on Arches (Cold Pressed) it measures 12"x16"  and was painted on July the 18th. '16. 
you can see Viacheslav photograph here...
https://pmp-art.com/viacheslav/gallery/165879/lemon

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This is the latest watercolour I've painted.
not having any clear idea of what was I going to do,I started with the flower (a pink-purple poppy) it was so fun to work on it and took less work than I thought. after that,I wasn't sure what else to do and dug on my pile of photos that I sometimes use as a reference. I found a print of some landscape that I always wanted to paint but I never got to it.
My intention was to paint the landscape as real as I could,but unfortunately...I am not good at painting landscapes,so I just drew the shapes of the mountains and tried a bunch of colors... colors that I thought were as close as possible to the real thing...but...didn't work. LOL
anyway,it is a watercolour and I don't really have the measurements (the painting is being framed) but it is a biggy! this is possible one of my entries for  the SCWS  show Next August.
 this was finished  on   May the 30th. '16  

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This is a watercolour based on a photograph posted on the PMP (paint my photo) website.
I wish I have had the courage to  do some work on the background,but I guess I got lazy and didn't want to go into any trouble. the photo of the painting isn't too good,I had good light but for some reason the white paper looks a little bit dark. it was a very fulfilling experience to  paint this piece,as I'm very pleased with the results. 
the Original photo was posted by Terry Krysak. (thanks Terry)   this is a watercolor,painted on arches (hot pressed) it measures 14"x20" inches and was finished on March the 25th. '16

you can see Terry's photo following the link...

https://pmp-art.com/terry-Krysak/gallery/49222/2015magnolia02 

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I painted this small watercolour a couple of weeks ago.
I just decided to paint whatever was on my mind,it wasn't much...as you can see.
I've taken hundreds of photographs of California poppies and decided to do something simple.
It just seems like I don't have patience to paint "complicated" subjects...LOL
Even though,I took the photo in bright day light,I couldn't get a decent photo.
the background seems to be too dark and that's not how it really looks.
it is a 12"x9" watercolour,painted on arches Cold pressed paper and it was finished on June the 5th. '16   

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This is one of the few watercolors that I've done in the few past months.
I haven't done much painting,I have been a little bit busy and most of the time...
too tired after being busy.
I started this watercolor a couple of months ago,but for some reason I felt a little unhappy with it.
I painted the small metal vase and the roses and put it aside.
After several weeks of inactivity I decided to keep working on it,I actually didn't do much to it.
I just added a little bit more color to the vase and used some left overs from my palette to paint the background.
It is kind of simple,because doesn't have much detail...but I kind of like it that way.
one of the things I've wanted to do before is to paint a little bit more "loose" and this was a very good opportunity to practice  and I also,finally;got my brushes wet...LOL
This is a watercolor painted on a very thick-hand made paper,it measures 14"x14" and was finished on May the 24th '16