Viridian Green Watercolors – Part II
Glittering greens of watercolor! viridian, jade, sage, emerald… mixing your own. Or not?!
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Cobalt Teal Blue in Flowers
What could be more fun than splashing the watercolors on using the magic of Cobalt Teal Blue!?
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Fresh Spring Watercolor Azaleas
Spring is here! Fresh and bright, sun drenched Azaleas with gorgeous new yellow green buds shooting forth in this lovely watercolor design!
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Ways With Watercolor
A wonderful thing about watercolors…. you can crop them to create seemingly miraculous recoveries! I posted this Gordonia Watercolor painting some time ago, in its original format. But it has niggled at me. Annoyingly so. Liking the freedom of the white flower, the blue and golden orange combo I was reluctant to ditch […]
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Gumnuts – The Star Within
The Beauty of the Forest continues…. little did I realize what the blossoms of the gum tree could create as the nut matured. Once the flowers have fallen off the nut hardens. As it does, it creates a stunning magenta and crimson inner circle, from which the Star emerges. I have gone years […]
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Tantalising Tree Bark
Fun, Quirky and Addictive! Yes, Tree Bark. Don’t you think that the Simple things in life should be enjoyed more?! The bark textures have a rough allure that pulls the eye and makes the hands itch to touch these living sculptures. The Ancient. The lovely red tingle tree has magnificent textured bark […]
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Silly Saturday: Yellow and Greens
A Silly take on last Saturday’s whirlwind trip. I’ve created an Abstract acrylic painting on canvas using the palette knife in fun swirls of yellow, greens, blues. A bit of silliness, never hurts! My interpretation and explanation for ‘Silly’ today, is simply that the yellow represents the lovely yellow shirt our granddaughter wore when […]
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Rose, Gold and Green: A Colorful Window
Strolling along the lush tree lined, cool side streets of Balmain N.S.W., last month provided quite a few treasures. One of these was this jewel-like window, a stunning stained glass design of bright emerald and rose and garnet hues. The lovely golden topaz rectangular band anchored the design perfectly. Perhaps I edged a tiny bit, […]
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Watercolor: Beginners’ Questions Answered
Questions. There are no silly questions. If you’re a watercolor beginner, how will you find out unless you ask?! Even if you paint in oils or acrylics…. this post may be relevant. So don’t move on just yet! Best 5 Art Tips I Can Suggest As a creative arts teacher, I’m primarily focused […]
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A Walk With Water and Color
Its 3 AM and I’m going for a walk. Join me?! Pitch black. A furnace of midnight heat blasts. Further sleep evades, I rise. Too early for a real walk, too dark to paint. But, I can ‘walk’ in my library. With cooling colors and refreshing water. Lets go! Water and Color First Stop on […]