Down the Road

Down the Road
original watercolor painting
5 x 7

Take a nice relaxing stroll "Down the Road."

Picasa Pictures

At the blog party on Inspiration Avenue this weekend Pics by Shel posted tips on how to use Picasa. I use this free program to edit by pictures but wasn't aware of these features. Check out her tips! They were very easy and have tons of applications.

Sunbright Sunflower

Sunbright Sunflower
5" x 7" Original Watercolor

"Sunbright Sunflower" is in bloom. Sunflowers always face the sun and make you feel that all is right with the world.

Entangled

Entangled, original watercolor 11 x 15

It's mesmerizing and amusing to become Entangled in purple trees.

Fruit - Window Pane

"Fruit - Window Pane", original watercolor, 5" x 7"

An addition to the series of watercolors using a window pane technique. This would look great with the "Pear - Windowpane" or the "Orange- Window Pane".

ACEO's

Violet Passion

Get lost in a field of violet blooms.

ACEO 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Original Watercolor

Cup of Tea

Cup of Tea, watercolor 7 1/2 x 9 1/2

Daylight savings times always makes me feel a little out of kilter. There is nothing nothing like a cup of tea and a nap to put life back in balance.

Blue Flowers II

Blue Flowers II - 5 x7 watercolor

A little touch of spring in a chilly, overcast day. Happy Saturday!

Spring is in the Air

Spring is in the Air, original watercolor 11 x 15

I finally finished this piece. I really struggled with the foreground, middleground and background. I feel that middleground looks to much like the background. The background looks like the middleground. The more I tried to fix it the worse it got. So. . . I finally quit and let it be.

Daffodil II

Daffodil II - 5 x 7

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Daffodils

Daffodils - 5x7

I sprinkled a little salt to vary the background.

Happy Friday

Summer Sunflower I - original watercolor, 5 x 7.

Monday - Tiger Lily

Tiger Lily - Happy Monday - I have been working on some flowers over the weekend. Tiger lilies always make me think of warm weather and sunshine. I am so ready for spring.

The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse is framed and ready to hang in the gallery this weekend. Yeah! I had fun working on the rocks. First, I painted little dark triangles. Second, I joined the triangles to make circles or ovals. Then I added shading to make them look more rock like. Joye Moon explains the technique in her book Exploring Textures in Watercolor.




The other picture that I'm showing is an abstract flower. I like the colors.

Garden Gate

The take-out containers for salad dressing are great for pouring masking fluid into. It will keep for 3-4 weeks. Yes, I have became my mother and recycle little containers!


In Garden's Gate the whites were saved by painting on masking fluid. I then started adding variegated washes (three - I wasn't happy with the color). In the last wash I added water bursts to the blue to make it look distant. I wish I would have made the fence go out farther on the left side. Oops! too late. I guess I will add a lot of foliage and flowers to disguise if I can.

WIP - Lighthouse

I'm getting close to finishing this one. I still have some details and shading to add, especially around the windows. Details need to be added to the rocks and land. I would still like it to "pop" and it's not there yet. The finishing details are what I need to work on the most in my paintings.


The Lighthouse - a work in progress. I've used mask to save my whites. I decided to leave the sky really light blue (almost white). In a book I have been studying she uses contact paper to save the white sky. I was a little "chicken" so I made it as light as possible. Maybe if this turns out well I will try the contact paper.