Testing…. test strips for Watercolor. What’s in it for you? The relevance, the value, The Benefits of having a Test Strip at the ready every time you paint. It may not sound like fun at first but it certainly can be. Watercolor Mixing and Testing Learning Points about Test Strips […]
Such brilliant colors, my words will certainly fail to do justice. The yellow gold raining down as I looked into the branches – captured me. And it was so easy to become lost within the cascade of golden ambers, citrine and topaz. Finding Gold The man watched. Surreptitiously. I stood beneath his […]
Fabulous Fuschia duet! “We can go further than we’d imagined, even within, our fenced enclosures.”
River in oils. Lured in by the colors. Enchanted with its melody and searching for…… gold.
This is a 22 x30 inch full sheet of Fabriano soft press paper I had stashed. Its a minimalist abstract watercolor that I have just done quickly. This morning. Watercolor Abstract inspirations No labored multitude of brushstrokes. Quiet. With a very large amount of white space. My thoughts were […]
Light Red can be an excellent addition to your watercolor painting palette. Years ago, I’d tried a few. Well, quite alot actually! And gave up in disgust. The ones I’d chosen were too muddy. Too dull. They did not mix and blend well with the other colors on my palette either. Causing a great deal […]
Its over. Vanquished. Erased from the sky as if it never was. Sunrise Dawn colored up like a one time blaze in the sky, fell. Over in less than a moment. (90 seconds my camera told me) So fleeting… who’d notice? oh it was lovely, my sky. as she fell. […]
Watercolors – a river scene in warm golden umbers draws us in. Its lovely simplicity adds to the charm, to my eye. I used my imagination. I used my memories of strolls from the past, to create this watercolor. Watercolor Landscape Choosing not to replicate ….. a photo. But to search myself, […]
Watercolors in a jiffy… 5 minute color study to create the ‘mood’ and ambience I want. Cool, quiet, chilled out. No worries!
Quest for quiet time, in the rose garden. Roses ….. gorgeously divine and all mine!