This is the most recent watercolour and it will be the last post of this chaotic 2016!
I (unfortunately) didn't get to paint much but I did get to paint a few pieces that I'm happy with.
this is a set up with a few things that I bought at the antiques fair that comes to town the second Sunday of every month.
I found the rusty vase and the small cooper piece very attractive and bought them for my collection of things I could use for painting...
I'm very satisfied with this painting but I also have to admit that I wasn't careful enough planning and that's why it ended up square!
I'm seriously considering this painting for the up to 3 paintings that we are allowed to show in the SCWS this coming 2017.
it measures 15"x14" it was painted on arches (cold pressed) and it was finished on Dec. the 12th '16
this is a favorite of mine..
A watercolour that maybe a little bit difficult to understand...
I think that someone who creates should put in paper or canvas his (her) craziest ideas.
I wanted to paint a light bulb for a while but didn't have a clear idea of what I wanted to do.
then one day,going through my photos I saw a little Yellow bud and I immediately knew what was I going to use it for.
I had this hand made paper that was given to me and found a few round pieces and decided to use one of those.
I was a very motivated and inspired when I painted this and for somereason,I love this painting!
it is a small watercolor and I hope to get it framed soon.
I hope to include this piece for the next SCWS show.
I finished this on Nov.the 2nd '16
this is something that I painted a month or so ago...
I thought that I'd do something else to it,maybe adding a little bit more of color to the flower...
it didn't look well since I started it,for some reason the sketch was a little bit difficult and I actually had to leave two more roses out.
I just wasn't to excited from the beginning,I started with the rose and then I went crazy splashing colors and adding water to keep the paper really wet,I just let the paint do "his" thing. I've been looking at it for more than a month and decided to leave as it is...
I used hot pressed (arches) and I used a whole 14"x20" but I had to crop it because there were areas that didn't look right.
it is not dated,but finished it sometime in October. '16
This is a watercolor that I painted not long ago.
It was a still life for our group of watercolourist's,we meet every Tuesday and we paint the first and the third Tuesday of the month.
I usually draw,because I'm not a quick painter and I think I'll get nervous if I'd have to paint in public (LOL)
This was Aimee's still life,I think that I did a pencil drawing that day but I took several photographs.
as I always do,I downloaded the photos to my computer and eliminate the ones that I don't like.
most of the photos were similar but this was my favorite.
I took me a while but I finally decided to give it a try,I thin that I wasn't careful enough and my sketch was just a little bit bigger that I wanted...but I decided to paint it anyway.
it wasn't as difficult as I thought but there are a few details I would've done a little bit different,too late now.
But I have to say that I'm very pleased with it,Maybe I'll give it another try.
it was painted on Arches (cold pressed) and it measures 16"x12" inches.
it was painted on July the 12th. '16.
This is another quick experiment,again;very simple...
I think I just don't like to paint something too complicated.
I liked this simple Magnolia and could not resist to paint it.
I have to admit that the original photo belongs to Eloise Mace,on the PMP (paint my photo) website.
it is a small 12"x9" watercolour and it was painted on arches (cold pressed) paper.
it was painted on July the 7th. '16.
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
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
