Blue Midnight

I painted this in my watercolor group tonight.

Lillian

Lillian

I painted this tonight in my paint group.

Summer of Color - Orange

Here are my experiments in orange:

Orange Leaves

Orange Leaves 2

Oranges

Dad's Tree - through the seasons

Dad's Tree

Violets

Calla Lily and Leaf



Calla Lily and Leaf

Callas

Callas

I have been on a painting roll lately!  I finished 3 paintings in 24 hours! These 3 paintings will be unveiled for next Monday's Summer of Color post.  This calla lily painting was started a few months ago and I'm finally getting around to finishing it!

Summer of Color - Brown

 Autumn

Brown daffodil study

Blue Dandelion

The Summer of Color - Week 4 - Yellow

Anyone who knows my work knows that this is somewhat off the wall for me.  But I love to be challenged and to expand my limits.  This was just plain fun.  It is watercolor, except for the writing. Is anyone other than me old enough to remember this song?

Dandelion

This was wet on wet using masking fluid and Kosher salt.

Four Seasons

Spring

Winter

Fall

Summer

Facebook Watercolor Challenge

A group in Facebook invited me to a challenge to paint this picture.  Here is what I came up with:

Pretty amateurish, I fear. But it was fun.  If you belong to Facebook and would like to see some of the others, check here:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=172176086173812

Flowers

Watercolor Experiment

My friends and I painted flowers tonight using a plastic bag.  First, we wet the watercolor paper and then used our brushes to  drop color around the paper where the flowers and vase should be.  Then, we took a plastic garbage bag, crumpled it up as much as possible, and laid it over the paper, pressing down gently.  We set our paintings aside to dry with the plastic on them.  This was not going to happen, as muggy as it was tonight!  So, about a half hour later, we unveiled our paintings and it was really interesting to see the difference the plastic bags made.  I was really happy with the way the plastic bag gave texture to my vase.  The bag didn't make much of an impression on the flowers, though.  To finish the painting, we used darker colors to highlight and define the flowers, added a shadow to the vase, and did different backgrounds.  I used a sponge to achieve my background.   This will be an interesting technique to try again using different kinds of plastic, or even freezer paper, pressing the glossy side against the painted paper.

Gingersnap Creations Spicy Supply Challenge GC98 - Mists

This is for Gingershap CreationsSpicy Supply Challenge GC98 - Mists

The sky and grass were painted with watercolors on watercolor paper.  The geisha was made with green cardstock and washi paper.  The background was sprayed with gold glimmer mist and then lightly sprinkled with glitter dust.

My Geisha - for Gingersnap Creations Chestnut Challenge GC97

Here's my geisha for Gingersnap Creations Chestnut Challenge GC97 - "Geishas."

The geisha and background are painted with watercolor.

The fan and kimono embellishments are washi paper.

Soartful Challenge - Frida Kahlo

For this week's Soartful Challenge

Tea Time

This was an experiment in negative painting.