Sharing my passion of watercolor painting, sketching, and photography
I’ve been busy getting ready for the holidays. Yesterday we started decorating and hanging lights at my house. I love all of the beautiful lights everywhere this time of year.
Happy Sunday, friends! ❤️
Last week I painted some holiday lights. After the watercolor dried, I used a pen for some outlining and a little detail.
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 have a little holiday watercolor and ink sketch to share today.
Happy Thursday, friends! 💚
I started out playing with a simple watercolor border of branches, twigs, and berries.
Then I decided it would be fun to add a little ink sketching on top.
I outlined some leaves in ink and added a few more twigs and bits to fill things in.
The ink seems to pull it all together. I always enjoy the final sketching phase and try to play and have fun. I just have to be mindful of when to stop. That’s always the hardest part. 😁
Just one last thing, adding a holiday message… Ok, much better now. 🎄
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 was looking back through my work and found a few pieces from last year that I wanted to share with you today.
Happy Thursday, friends! 💚
As the leaves are falling all around, I thought it was a good time to share this little leaf doodle. I’m not sure why I didn’t post this one last year. 😉
Pinecone trio… A little fun playing with color in this one.
I think some unexpected colors can make things more interesting. 💙
Another fall painting from last year. I love the green gold color in these watercolor leaves.
It’s always fun to look back at earlier work. I’m sure today I would make different creative decisions but I still really like theses pieces. 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 🌸
A quick post today with a few more #Inktober sketches to share.
Hope you are having a wonderful day, friends! 💚
A sweet little mushroom sketch. I can imagine a little tea party happening here. ☕️🐭
I always love sketching birds. For this little cutie, I tried to limit the lines and make them more deliberate. On the piece of wood, though, I used more lines. I like that contrast in this sketch.
A little ornament sketch. I really like how clean and simple this is. Something about it just makes me smile. I think I will use it for one of my Christmas cards this year. 🎄
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 🌸
I have a few wreaths to share with you today. One of those times where one idea leads to another. You never know where it will take you. 😊
Happy Sunday, friends! 💚
I was playing with my Tombow watercolor markers and created a little welcome wreath. Just a simple wreath using my Neon markers set.
This little wreath inspired me to try a similar style in watercolor.
A few layers of watercolor and it just didn’t end up the way I hoped it would.
I decided instead of throwing in the towel on this one to add a little ink with my sepia micron pens and see if that would help.
Ink doesn’t always fix everything but it did make me a little happier in the end.
I’m glad I used sepia with this one since it is warm and didn’t overpower the piece.
My advice is to allow yourself to play and have fun. Many times that is where creative ideas surface. I hope you find time to play and create art.
Until next time, share a smile and stay excellent!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
I have more #inktober sketching to share with you today.
Happy Thursday, friends! 💚
A simple pattern of leaves. I went back to an old favorite for this sketch.
I’ve been wanting to sketch some animals this month and decided to try a squirrel. This fella ended up with a larger body than planned but I think he’s pretty cute.
A little rainy day sketch, something a bit different for me. The umbrella needs more work but all in all I can feel the rain. ☔️😊
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 🌸
A quick post today sharing a few recent ink sketches.
Happy Thursday, friends! 💚
I used Sepia micron pens in this one. Just sketching different types of trees and adding some imaginary fun. This sketch makes me think of changing seasons.
Trying something different with an underwater scene. It was a lot of fun, I think I will try a few more of these.
I couldn’t get away from flowers for long. 😉 This was a very quick doodle sketch. I might try another one in a larger size later and take my time with it. I ended up some messy lines in this one but I love it anyway.
I hope you are inspired to create art and do more of what you love. I will be taking a little blogging break and will be back in a week or so.
Until next time, share a smile and stay excellent!
🌸 Patty Anne 🌸
