I’m so ready for Spring and look forward to warmer weather and pretty flowers. Today I have a little pink floral to share with you.
Happy Thursday 💚
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 🌸
While sorting through some paintings I came across a Cardinal that I painted three years ago. I liked the painting but something just wasn’t right so I never posted it. Today I’ll share with you how the update turned out.
Happy Sunday! 💚
This was the painting from 2018 before I made any updates.
Where I decided to make a few changes:
-the far side of the head should have a partial view of the other eye
-cleaning up the claws a little and maybe adding one that I noticed was missing
– a few darker areas on the tail and body
– bumping up some of the red color
9 x 12 inch Winter Cardinal – after the update
Rounding out the far side of the head and making the hidden eye slightly visible was exactly what this painting needed. That little change alone made a big difference. Now I can finally say this one is finished and I really like it. 🙂
I will be taking a blogging break for a few weeks and returning after the new year. I’m looking forward to spending time with family and making new cherished memories.
Wishing you peace and joy this holiday season,
Patty Anne
Let’s take a stroll through my sketchbook today and I’ll show you a few of my recent #Inktober sketches.
Happy Thursday, friends! 💚
Sunflower
There are sketching prompts for each day of the month. Many people like to use the daily prompts but I like to sketch whatever inspires me at the moment.
Floral pattern play
This was the first page in my new sketchbook. I didn’t know what to sketch so I decided to just play and see what happened. I love this type of sketching because it often helps me develop ideas that I can use in future sketches or paintings.
Playful cityscape
I worked on a quirky cityscape in my small sketchbook. Something very different for me but kind of fun.
Happy Flower
One more flower to finish off our tour.
I hope you grab a pen and some paper and join in on the sketching fun. Until next time, share a smile and stay excellent.
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
A quiet post today with a pretty purple floral.
Hope you have a wonderful day, friends! 💜
Pretty Purple Floral – 9 x 12 inch watercolor
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I love to paint leaves. There is something so relaxing and enjoyable about painting simple leaves.
Happy Sunday, friends! 💚
This painting was done using a large flat brush and a cut up credit card. A little experimentation and fun!
I wet the paper with clean water making leaf shapes using the large flat brush. Then I dipped my plastic card into the watercolor paint and moved the card across the paper to create some nice leaf shapes.
My watercolors used are from Daniel Smith:
Undersea Green
Prussian Blue
A little close up view here. I love how the colors move across the paper when it hits the water. The swirls and blending on the paper is kind of magical. 🙂
It seems when I just paint and play without worry, nice things happen.
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 🌸
I’m in love with paintings of potted plants and flowers. This week I decided to paint a few.
Hope your day is wonderful, friends! 💚
9 x 12 inch – Three in a row (a sunny hello)
I imagine these pretty pots sitting on a patio or deck somewhere. I think they would be a cheerful addition to an outdoor space.
A few notes:
– I used mixed media paper here. I might have been better off with my watercolor sketchbook that can handle more water. The paper started giving me trouble at the end and buckled a bit.
– Keeping the color and size of the pots slightly different helps create interest.
– Positioning of the pots is also important. It’s more interesting if the spacing between them is different. I think I was partially successful with this one.
I recently reached 1000 followers here on WordPress. Thank you all for following me on this journey. I appreciate your kind words and support. Starting an art blog and putting my work online for all to see was something way out of my comfort zone. I’m so happy that I jumped in and gave it a go.
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love. Until next time, sprinkle kindness everywhere.
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
I’ve been having fun playing with color.
Hope your day is wonderful, friends! 💙
It’s always fun to experiment and play. No rules, just have fun!
Here I used my favorite Prussian Blue and Undersea Green. I stacked the Roses and added just a few small leaves to balance things out.
I hope you are inspired to create art and have fun. Until next time, share a smile and shine on!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
Today I have a watercolor landscape to share with you.
Happy Sunday, friends! 💚
12 x 16 inch Rocky Beach
This painting was a good practice with some mixed results. I think it’s a good time to do a little self critique. There’s always something to learn from each painting. Hopefully I will be able to carry a few of these lessons forward to improve my next landscape.
The sky:
It is a bit too moody.
Maybe a larger brush and brighter color in the sky would have been a better choice.
The distant mountains:
I really like how the mountains turned out with interesting color and depth.
Using the credit cards here helped me stay rather loose and create some nice texture.
The water:
Nice gentle waves that were not overworked.
The large flat brush to the rescue here.
Beach foreground:
The sandy area fades nicely into the water.
The rocky area in front should have probably had more detail and maybe been broken up into smaller random shapes.
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 🌸
My pink Azaleas just make my heart sing. That color is amazing! 💗
#colorcrush
Happy Thursday, friends! 🌸
The green gold leaves look so pretty next to the bright pink.
Now on to my sketchbook for some play time.
Daniel Smith watercolors used:
Quinacridone Magenta
Prussian Blue
Undersea Green (just for the tiny stems)
I decided to experiment by painting my flowers using a cut up credit card. I’ve been using a plastic card on landscapes and thought I’d give it a go with flowers.
I wet part part of the paper with clean water. Just trying for playful strokes by pulling and pushing around the paint on the paper. I really wasn’t sure if this would be a success or a big fail. Color mixing happened right on the paper. At times I dipped the card into thick paint and other times a watery mix.
Using a plastic card can be unpredictable but I found it was also quite exciting. My flowers ended up rather loose and artsy. Yay, I like that.
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 🌸
I’ve been painting birthday cards and have a few to share with you today.
Happy Thursday, friends! 💚
I taped off the center area of my cards (with painters tape).
Then I painted layers of leaves and buds all around the tape.
After pulling off the tape I had a nice framed area in the center for writing a message.
I decided to add a few of my little paper birds and flowers to this card. I like how it balanced out the frame and added some fun.
My dual tipped Tombow brush pens worked great for writing the birthday message. I practiced a while in my sketchbook before deciding on the blue marker (small tip).
I glued few of my paper flowers on this card and then couldn’t resist adding a little bling. 😉
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 🌸
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