My Watercolor Journey
Daffodils and smiles your way today, Happy Thursday! 🙂
Inspired by a beautiful painting in Jean Haines’ lovely book, Paint Yourself Calm.
Daffodils painted on 6 x 9 inch Bee paper
Hope you have a great weekend and do something fun! 🙂
Happy Painting!
Patty Anne
Happy Spring!
I have a fun ink and watercolor Tulip to share with you today.
Fellow blogger and talented artist, Jill Kuhn, recently posted a beautiful ink Tulip. I was inspired by Jill’s lovely art and decided to sketch a Tulip and give Zentangle a try. It was fun creating different designs and patterns all over the flower and leaves. I added a splash of watercolor at the end to brighten things up. I’m really happy with the end result. 🙂
You can check out Jill’s blog and beautiful ink Tulip here: Jill’s Art Journal
I hope you are inspired to create art and do something you love.
Thanks for stopping by and following along. Until next time, have a great weekend and enjoy yourself. 🙂
Happy Painting (and doodling)!
Patty Anne
Flowers and a Bee painted on 7×10 inch Canson watercolor paper.
Thinking about Spring and sharing some cheerful flowers with you today.
Happy Thursday! 🙂
Patty Anne
Pink Petals painted on 6×9 inch Aquabee watercolor paper.
Sending a little happy your way today with these pretty pink petals. 🙂
Hope you have a great weekend and do something fun.
Happy Painting!
Patty Anne
A look back at a painting from last summer.
Lavender field painted on 6×9 inch Aquabee watercolor paper.
I hope you are enjoying my quiet Thursday posts.
Have a great weekend and do something fun. 🙂
Happy Painting!
Patty Anne
A few years ago I painted a Coneflower after watching this Deb Watson youtube video, How to Paint a Coneflower in Watercolor for Beginners. I decided to watch the video again but this time decided to paint a larger flower.
I painted this first Coneflower in 2015 shortly after I started documenting my journey. This was painting number 35.
I’m really pleased with this early work, I think it was a nice exercise.
In the video, I love that Deb walks through painting the wet on wet background by dropping in lots of color and letting the colors mix and mingle. I remember when I was just a beginner, she made me feel like I could do this and gave me the confidence to give it a try. This video is packed full of great tips and advice that has stayed with me.
My recent Coneflower painting on 9×12 inch Saunders watercolor paper.
This is painting number 651. Wow, I am so amazed by that number! 🙂
The salt technique worked out much better in the new painting. I have more experience using salt now and have a better feel for when to sprinkle it on the wet paint.
Salt technique – things that can affect your results
How wet is the paint. If too dry, the salt will not work very well.
How much salt is applied.
How you apply the salt. Sprinkle or Toss like”Bam” 🙂
Applying the salt from directly above or at an angle.
The type of salt used. Kosher salt or a finer table salt.
I hope you are inspired to create some art and do something fun.
Thanks for stopping by and following along. Until next time, enjoy yourself and stay warm.
Happy Painting!
Patty Anne
A little sunshine your way today with a cheerful Sunflower painting.
I worked on painting a Sunflower based on an exercise in Jean Haines beautiful watercolor book, Paint Yourself Calm. I love her loose style of painting and the vibrant colors she uses in her work. This book is full exercises to help you relax, explore color, and reduce stress through painting.
Sunflowers just make me smile. The bright yellow makes me happy. 🙂
In this exercise the petals are painted by pulling color toward the center of the flower. The salt technique is used on the center of the flower and plastic wrap is used on the petals. Both techniques are fun and create some interesting results.
It was vey exciting the next day after the salt was dusted off and the plastic wrap removed. Then just a little touch up and this happy sunflower was finished.
Sunflower watercolor painted on 11×14 inch Arches watercolor paper
A different view of the same Sunflower.
Thanks for stopping by and following along.
I hope you are inspired to create some art and do something fun.
Until next time, enjoy yourself and stay warm.
Happy Painting!
Patty Anne
