Welcome to Watercolor Wednesdays! This week I haven't had much time to paint as I started a new job (as a cake decorator at Walmart). I was originally only scheduled a few hours a day for this week but they changed it so I was only to do a small painting for now. I wanted to just play with the watercolors and not think about correct technique or any kind of detail and this simple flower came to mind. I did some wet on wet and some wet on dry washes and think it turned out not so bad. I would extend the muted background out past the foliage if I were to do it again, but other than that, I'm happy with this little painting.
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Welcome to Watercolor Wednesdays! Hope your week is off to a good start. This has been a very good week for me so far, I got the job as a cake decorator at Walmart. Not the perfect job but something that I love to do and in this economy, I'm just happy to be employed again. I did a watercolor sketch of a sunflower in my field sketch book the other day and I didn't hate the outcome but wasn't happy with the background. I tried doing another on Monday and it was a complete disaster. So I figured I'd give it a go one more time. There really is something to be said about the whole practice makes perfect. Not that this is perfect by any means, but it's the first painting I've ever liked enough to sign (yay me!). And the best part is....I've sold it! The very first piece of art that I've ever sold! To a family member, but it still counts!
The colors are slightly more subtle in real life but I love it. I think I need to play with the white balance on my camera as most of the pics I've taken recently seem a little too dark and I've been taking them in indirect light outside so they should be slightly brighter. I really need to get the book out and learn alot of other things about the camera too but you know how that goes.
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I decided to do some more poppies for my kitchen. While I love the layout of this one, I'm not loving the poppies themselves. I tried a different technique with this one to do the flowers and after I was finished I realized they look more like upside down pumpkins. I think the flowers in my first one turned out much better, but we paint and we learn.
I finally got the new batteries for my good camera!! Woo hoo! But, I'm not at home and forgot to bring the adapter for the CF card and had to use my phone again. I'm also using my old laptop and I don't have any image editing software on here so I didn't edit the photo at all.
Have a wonderful week and until next time, keep creating and sharing!
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'Morning Glory' Watercolor on Canson 140lb cold press paper
Hello and happy Wednesday! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. My very patient Honey endured shoe shopping, three different stores and about 20 dress changes, including purchasing one dress, then changing my mind and wanting a different dress so I would have the perfect look for Easter brunch. Let's just say by the end of the day he wasn't quite so patient with me. But...I found the absolute perfect dress and he agreed that it looked better than the original one I picked and it's a great summery dress so I can wear it again without feeling overly dressed. And...it reminds me of a watercolor painting! I'm not much of a girly girl so dress shopping with me is pretty much a nightmare.
Some Easter photos:
Me and my Honey at brunch
Me and my bestie Heather and her daughter Brooke
Anyway, this is my Watercolor Wednesday submission. I found the pattern in the April 2013 Paint Works magazine and immediately fell in love with the look and I got to try a new technique, pouring, which I found pretty exciting as the paint just kind of does what it wants. Then you background paint the leaves and stems. It's not perfect but it's not bad for my first try.
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Good morning! Hope your week is off to a good start. I did this little sketch in my semi homemade art journal and used my Koi Water Colors Pocket Field Sketch Box watercolors to paint it. I have to say I absolutely love these watercolors. I've tried a couple different types and brands of watercolors including the tubes and I have found that so far, these are my favorite. They have beautiful depth to the colors and it's so small I can take it anywhere.
As for my semi homemade art journal, I found a small photo book on clearance at hobby lobby a few months ago and decided to turn it into an art journal of sorts. I just slipped the ring off both the covers and the pages, cut some watercolor paper to the correct size, used the original paper as a guide to punch the holes, then alternated watercolor paper with the pages that came with the book so I can sketch and watercolor. The best part is, I can add more pages as I fill it up, or completely remove the old pages and start with a whole new set!
I also FINALLY ordered the new batteries for my Canon EOS Rebel so I can start taking gorgeous pics again instead of using my phone's camera. Yahoo!
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I've decided to do some Watercolor Wednesday posts in an effort to try to keep up with my blog. I had originally painted this to link up with Inspiration Avenue last week but time got away from me and I didn't make it in time so I'm sharing it now. It has inspired me to do some watercolor Christmas cards which I hope to post later this week. If you would like to share your watercolor posts for today, sign up with Mr Linky below. Happy Wednesday!
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