Happy Sunday, friends! 💙
Share a smile and shine on!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
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Silent Sunday – Soothing Blues watercolor
Pretty Peonies Watercolor
I have a pretty floral to share with you today.
Happy Sunday, friends! 💜
A little watercolor practice painting Peonies and leaves.
This floral came together rather quickly. I started in the center with the larger flowers and worked my way out. I layered playful leaves to add movement and fill in space all around the Peonies.
A rather short post today… I’m trying to get used to this new block editor. 😊
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love. Until next time, share a smile and stay excellent!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
Making and sharing watercolor cards
I have been making more cards with my watercolor cutouts. It’s a joyful process for me and I hope my creations bring you a smile.
Happy Sunday, friends! 💚
I always start with a few of my painted flowers and leaves. They work quite well for card making.
I add a little ink detail and outline each piece to create a nice shape. It’s amazing the difference a little ink can make.
Tip: When I cut out the watercolor pieces I leave a tiny paper border around the ink outlined shape.
Blank cards with envelopes are easy to find online or in the craft store.
I like the simplicity of a just few pieces on each card.
It’s fun to play around with the arrangement using different pieces until I find something I like. Then using a glue stick, I secure the pieces down and place a heavy book on top to add a little pressure.
Tip: Baby wipes are by my side for my hands…. I don’t do sticky very well. 😊
What I love about making and sharing cards using my art is that they are part of me.
A gift from the heart shared with family and friends is a special thing. 💗
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love. Always remember that art is for everyone.
Until next time, have a creative week and shine on!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
Indigo skies and a little sparkle
I have a landscape painting to share with you today.
Something calm and soothing…
Hope your day is wonderful, friends! 💙
For the distant sky I used a cool Indigo. I also added in a little touch of peachy pink (quinacridone rose + yellow ochre) similar to the warm peach color used in the foreground.
Watercolor Tip: To create the sparkle in the center I dragged the side of a large wet brush across clean dry paper. Some areas remain unpainted and it creates a little sparkle. I always love how that looks. 🙂
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love.
Until next time, share a smile and stay excellent!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
Here come the roses again…
This week I was back to painting roses again with coffee and watercolor. It’s always fun to look back at previous work so I included some roses from the past here as well.
Happy Sunday, friends! 💚
I started with a center rose and then worked my way around. I love to paint with espresso powder for baking. Adding a few drops of water to a little powder and you have a beautiful “coffee” paint ready to go. I used a round #6 brush here. There is so much you can do with a round brush. I have a number of different sizes, just love them.
Painting Tip: Keep an eye on your brushes. Over time the tip of a round brush will wear down. I just noticed that I have a few brushes that I need to replace.
This time a little more color with some bright watercolor roses. This style is a bit more modern botanical…I like that.
and now looking back to a playful painting of roses from last year… I really love the colors and the movement in this one.
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love. Having art in my life is such a blessing. Painting and sketching makes me happy and I am thankful that I can share my journey with you.
I will be taking a blogging break for a few weeks. I am busy getting ready for a bridal shower that I’m hosting later this summer. I will still be around and may post a few things on Instagram.
Until next time, share a smile and stay excellent!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
Quiet Sunday – watercolor paintings
Nature always provides the best inspiration. Today I have a few nature inspired paintings to share with you.
Happy Sunday, friends! 💚
Happy Sunflower – 7 x 10 inch
Pine tree – 7 x 10 inch
Field of Pines – 9 x 12 inch
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love.
Until next time, share a smile and sprinkle kindness everywhere!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
Floral comes together with ink sketching
I have a joyful piece to share with you today. Another watercolor floral with ink sketching… my favorite way to create.
Happy Sunday, friends! 💜
In my 9 x 12 inch sketchbook, I started by painting flowers and leaves. My favorite blues and purples this time. I let the colors mix and mingle on the paper which is what I love about watercolor.
The overall piece needs balance and more interest but at this point that’s ok. The ink sketching to come will fill in space and wake things up.
9 x 12 inch – Sweet Season
There is always a little fear when adding the sketching layer. I just tell myself that this piece is incomplete as is and round two (sketching detail) will take things to the next level.
What you don’t see is that I keep playing and sketching different types of leaves and flower patterns in my other sketchbooks. That type of play helps build my confidence and my sketching “muscle memory”. Then when I need it, I can pull out my favorites to add to a bigger piece like this one.
When it feels right and I have a window of free time, I pull out the painting, grab my pens and start adding some playful ink sketching and doodles.
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love. Art is for everyone, hope you join in on the fun.
Until next time, share a smile and shine on!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
Ink sketching makes it all better
Today I have some colorful leaves to share with you. This piece hit a little bump in the road during the first layer of painting. As the title suggests, ink sketching makes it all better… well, this time it did. 😊
Happy Thursday, friends! 🧡
I mixed different shades of red, orange, and pink. The painting was all pretty basic with some leaf shapes and stems.
The last touch was to add something in the upper right corner to balance things out.
As I painted away I realized… uh oh, I just painted the leaves in the wrong direction. My plan was to paint a few more leaves in the right direction with a little darker color to see if that would fix it.
More paint wasn’t the solution I decided. I planned on adding ink sketching anyway and just hoped for the best. Now I had to wait for the painting to dry.
To keep things more interesting I used different shapes and sizes for the leaves. I let the watercolor act as a guide and let the sketching bring things into focus.
My previous painting issue was saved by the ink sketching. I outlined a stem with leaves in the right direction and the other leaves just became part of the background.
I was able to make a save here and just go with it. There are always choices to make with every painting. My best advice is to just keep practicing and having fun.
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love.
Until next time, share a smile and shine on!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
Feels like home – watercolor and ink
Something sweet to share with you today.
Hope your day is wonderful, friends! 💙😊
I just love to paint birds and flowers and was in the mood for something sweet. It started with a watercolor under painting.
Sorry about the quality of the photo, not great but it works.
I used a #6 round brush and started with the leaves. For the bird I built up the color with about 3 washes darkening each time. The flowers were last as I tried to balance things out.
At this point I was pretty happy with the painting but wanted more. So out came the pens… I was thoughtful about wanting to keep the softness of the piece which meant I needed to be careful with the amount of ink used.
I darkened the bird’s eye and added some light marks on the body and legs. Just a few small touches for the little guy and no outlining.
I tried to use some soft playful outlines on the flowers while using my regular bold outline on the leaves.
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love. Thank you for following me on this journey.
Until next time, share a smile and sprinkle kindness everywhere!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
A little bit of this and that
I thought it would be fun to share a little bit of this and that with you today.
Happy Sunday, friends! 💚
Playing in my sketchbook brings me joy.
This little sketchbook is 5 x 5 inches and just perfect for a quick ink sketch.
Little bird and flowers… These pages just make me smile.
In my sketchbook I can explore ideas and not worry about making mistakes. Sometimes the results are good and other times not so much. It gives me an opportunity to try different compositions and elements on a small scale.
A simple watercolor landscape…calm and soothing.
Just three colors used in this painting, Prussian Blue, Sap Green, and Green Gold.
Some pretty flowers in my garden. This photo was taken using my iPhone in portrait mode. Such lovely colors and interesting shapes. Oh happy day!
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love.
Until next time, share a smile and shine on!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
