My Watercolor Journey
I’m continuing on with another painting inspired by Jean Haines’ lovely book, Paint Yourself Calm.
Simply painting and enjoying the process…relaxing, calm, and soothing.
Lavender field, 8 x 10 inch Pentalic Watercolor Sketchbook
I hope you are inspired to create art and do something you love.
Thank you for stopping by and following along. Until next time, have a great weekend and enjoy yourself. 🙂
Happy Painting!
Patty Anne
I’ve been working on a few simple landscape paintings. I used similar color combinations for my distant trees in each painting and have 3 very different results to share with you today. Oh, and lots of blue. 🙂
My first step on any landscape painting is thinking about where I want the horizon to be. Once I decide how much space I want to reserve for the sky, I lightly draw a line for the horizon using a pencil and ruler. With the horizon line in place, it is easier for me to visualize the big shapes in the painting.
Using the wet on wet technique, I tried to indicate some distant trees. When the wet paint hits the damp paper, it creates color blooms on the paper. It is so much fun to watch this happen!
I tried to keep things simple and not overwork my landscape paintings. I had to remind myself before starting each one, no fussing allowed. Hopefully that will get easier with more practice.
Indigo worked well in this painting. I am very pleased with the addition of the foreground here, it seemed to balance things out. Although I like the other paintings below, this one is probably my favorite because I’m pulled in and feel something.
I really like the varied tree shapes in this one. The bits of white paper beneath the trees in the center area worked well. I need to remember that for future landscape paintings.
This abstract landscape is very different from my usual style of painting. I love the blooms of color in this painting. ❤ The granulating effect of the French Ultramarine Blue is quite interesting.
I hope you enjoyed this simple landscape series.
Thank you for stopping by and following along. Until next time, create some art and do something you love. Hope your week is awesome. 🙂
Happy Painting!
Patty Anne
Thursday Blues – Abstract Flowers painted on 6 x 9 inch Aquabee watercolor paper.
I hope this quiet post puts a smile on your face. I had planned on making some bookmarks out of this painting, but I fell in love and could not cut it into strips. 🙂
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the holidays!
Happy Painting!
Patty Anne
