My finished painting–completed during our Memorial Day family watercolor fest. Watercolors on cold pressed Acquarello Artistico paper by Fabriano.
Posies, Tulips, and Hellebores
categories: Watercolor
Daffodils in Watercolor
categories: Watercolor
My daughter’s daffodils–completed during our Memorial Day family watercolor fest. I love everything about this painting: the sunny yellow, the vibrant orange offset with it’s complementary color blue, the blue shading in the leaves, and the textures on the centers of the flowers. Her skills continue to improve with each successive painting. Watercolors on cold pressed Acquarello Artistico paper by Fabriano.
My Mom’s Agapanthus
categories: Watercolor
My mom’s third watercolor painting–completed during our Memorial Day family watercolor fest. This painting was a little more challenging for her due to the small size of the blooms, but she stuck with it–after a brief hiatus–and she ended up with a successful painting. Way to go, mom. Watercolors on cold pressed Acquarello Artistico paper by Fabriano.
My Niece’s Tulips
categories: Watercolor
My niece’s first watercolor painting–completed during our Memorial Day family watercolor fest. She was so proud of her work, and she should be. She did a great job shading the leaves. Watercolors on cold pressed Acquarello Artistico paper by Fabriano.
My Sister’s Poppies
categories: Watercolor
My sister’s first watercolor painting–completed during our Memorial Day family watercolor fest. How impressive is this for her first attempt? My sister, an accomplished sugar artist, said she imagined that she was decorating a cake. Watercolors on cold pressed Acquarello Artistico paper by Fabriano.
Family Watercolor Fest–Works in Progress
categories: Watercolor
Since she liked the Poppies my daughter painted a few weeks ago, I chose this scaled-down version of the same painting from Fiona Peart’s “Vibrant Flowers in Watercolor” tutorial for my sister. She really rocked it.
My niece, Karen, chose a Tulip tutorial from Michael Lakin’s book, “Botanical Flowers in Watercolor.” My mother chose to paint an Agapanthus from the same book.
My daughter painted these Daffodils using a tutorial from the book, “Watercolor Flowers” by Wendy Tait as a guide. The addition of blue on the white petals really made this painting come alive.
And I’m working on this lesson featuring Tulips, Posies, and Hellebores from the book, “Tulips in Watercolor” by Fiona Peart. I’ll be posting photos of the completed paintings next.
Memorial Day Family Watercolor Fest
categories: Pets
What a busy Memorial Day. I spent the weekend dealing with a broken air conditioner, painting two bedrooms and bathrooms with the help of my brother Steve, shopping for new kitchen appliances, working in my garden, and hosting an impromptu family watercolor fest. What a fun-filled weekend. Here are some pictures of the artists (my mom, sister, niece, and daughter) at work.
Just getting started. Listening to classical music and studying their instruction books.
More painting underway–and surprisingly little chatting.
Grandma’s watercolor set. It used to be mine, but she commandeered it. She’s a very tidy painter; look at that clean palette.
Grandma not participating. I warned her that I’d post this if she pooped out on us.
Everyone got into the act. My faithful German Shepherd, Mary, lying beside me.
My boy, Piggy was there, too.
So was my Yorkie, Steve. Yes, he’s named after my brother.
And Dexter, our Pomeranian/Dachshund mix was there, too.
Pink Lilies
categories: Watercolor
My latest painting–another lesson featured in Fiona Peart’s book, “Vibrant Flowers in Watercolor.” Watercolors and acrylic ink on cold pressed Acquarello Artistico paper by Fabriano.
Fledgling Bluebird
categories: Watercolor
Hot off the press–a fledgling bluebird painted by my daughter. This was another lesson she adapted for watercolors from the book, “Painting Garden Birds” with Sherry C. Nelson. I love the texture she used to suggest feathers, and I particularly like the fluffy cheek and breast feathers. The budding rose is quite lovely, too. Watercolors and acrylic ink on cold pressed Acquarello Artistico paper by Fabriano.
Armed and Dangerous
categories: Projects
The target: two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
The weapon of choice: Benjamin Moore paint with primer.
The palette: #2147-50 Pale Sea Mist, #2143-50 Old Prairie, #2123-50 Ocean Air, #2150-50 Hampton Green.
My accomplice: My brother, Steve–the best darn brother and house-painting expert in town. There will be a lot of painting going on this weekend, a lot of talking, and plenty of snacking taking place. It’s how we roll–pun intended. I’ll be posting pictures of our progress and the finished rooms. I hope you do something equally fun and productive this weekend.