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| Butterfly Roses. 5x6" mini watercolor. Canson watercolor paper, Winsor and Newton watercolor |
Art for people who love animals and nature.
Showing posts with label watercolor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label watercolor. Show all posts
Butterfly Roses
Having fun painting watercolor roses in a new style. It's out of my comfort zone, a nice challenge. The style is very loose, interpretive and colorful. A great excuse to buy fresh paints and brushes!
Letting the watercolors flow, playing with the differentness of the medium. Even so, I just had to add the dog faced butterfly with tighter rendering :)
Arizona Songbirds Coloring Book Art
This is the second design I chose to play with from the previous coloring book. The fanciful birds were painted to represent songbirds native or migrant to Arizona.
Birds painted included: Yellow Warbler, Western Tanager, American Goldfinch, Vermillion Flycatcher, Red Faced Warbler and Painted Redstart.
I resisted the temptation to add more birdies such as Verdin and Hummingbirds!
It was a simple, no thinking painting that was relaxing. I enjoyed puttering through my bird books to pick my bird colors. Warm brights for the birds and flowers, cool blues, greens for the leaves.
The painting is embellished with lots of gold, just on the leaves as I played with the metallics. It looks pretty, shimmering in the light. Watercolors on watercolor paper.
Birds painted included: Yellow Warbler, Western Tanager, American Goldfinch, Vermillion Flycatcher, Red Faced Warbler and Painted Redstart.
I resisted the temptation to add more birdies such as Verdin and Hummingbirds!
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| Arizona Spring. Adapted from Eleri Fowler's charming coloring book Joyous Blooms to Color. |
It was a simple, no thinking painting that was relaxing. I enjoyed puttering through my bird books to pick my bird colors. Warm brights for the birds and flowers, cool blues, greens for the leaves.
The painting is embellished with lots of gold, just on the leaves as I played with the metallics. It looks pretty, shimmering in the light. Watercolors on watercolor paper.
Bee Flower Wreath Coloring Book Art
Sometimes, when I have a lot going on or just freeze, I go to a super simple project to kickstart myself.
Last year a friend gave me a coloring book that I had admired and I finally took a couple of the designs to color, adding more line work. Art without much planning, just doing. I tucked in more flowers and embellished the painting with gold and silver (wings, seed heads).
I loved getting lost in painting the extra flowers, playing with metallics, using my vintage flower book from my days in the UK. Watercolor painting on Strathmore Vellum Bristol paper. Image was copied onto heavier paper.
When I think back, I can still smell the sweet pea flowers I added along with colorful poppies, leaves.
Last year a friend gave me a coloring book that I had admired and I finally took a couple of the designs to color, adding more line work. Art without much planning, just doing. I tucked in more flowers and embellished the painting with gold and silver (wings, seed heads).
I loved getting lost in painting the extra flowers, playing with metallics, using my vintage flower book from my days in the UK. Watercolor painting on Strathmore Vellum Bristol paper. Image was copied onto heavier paper.
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| Bee Wreath watercolor. Adapted from Eleri Fowler's charming Joyous Blooms to Color |
Materials for Coloring & Watercolor Classes
Supply List Of Materials for the Kirk Bear Canyon Library Classes:
Some supplies will be provided by the library.
You may prefer to use supplies you already have, and that’s perfectly fine. Your results may
be different ... and that’s fine too.
If the suggested brands are not available, feel free to substitute.
Please avoid anything labeled “student” or “academy” grade regarding paints and pencils,
which tend to be lesser quality and can be difficult to work with. For the same reason, never
buy the generic or store brand of pencils or paints (such as Artist’s Loft or Master’s Touch) sold by
Michaels and Hobby Lobby.
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• HB drawing pencil
• Kneaded eraser
• Pencil sharpner ( the hand held KUM brand is good)
• Watercolor:140lb cold pressed watercolor paper, 9”x12” (Strathmore, Arches, Fabriano)
• Colored Pencil: Strathmore Bristol Vellum 9x12” pad
• 3 watercolor brushes: #1 round, #4 round, 1⁄2” chisel, #1 round ( I love the yellow nylon
“golden taklon”, Simply Simmon, and Coteman synthetic brushes, which are inexpensive
and durable and perform very well. Sometimes they are called “synthetic sable.”
• Something roomy upon which to mix your watercolors: a white palette or an old china
plate or white Styrofoam plate.
• A beginners watercolor tube set of the Royal & Langnickle which has a variety of colors at
a good value to start out. Coteman small pan set of watercolors is also nice and affordable.
• White gouache, any brand (an opaque watercolor) or FW white liquid acrylic.
• Prismacolor, Koh-I-Noor, or other Artist Quality colored pencils. Info HERE on brands.
Birdy Journeys - Nature Haiku's
Documenting my experiences in nature with little picture poems - visual nature haiku's.
A few of the birdys I've seen below: house finch, northern beardless Tyranulet, yellow warbler, Wilson's warbler, western tanager, Lucy's warbler, vermillion flycatcher, black throated sparrow, elf owl, verdin.
Today, Ash throated flycatcher at Isabella Lee Nature Preseve with the guidance of Kendall Kroisen from Audubon.
A few of the birdys I've seen below: house finch, northern beardless Tyranulet, yellow warbler, Wilson's warbler, western tanager, Lucy's warbler, vermillion flycatcher, black throated sparrow, elf owl, verdin.
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| Watercolor, ink letters ©Sue Betanzos |
Today, Ash throated flycatcher at Isabella Lee Nature Preseve with the guidance of Kendall Kroisen from Audubon.
Happy Thursday!
Almost the big weekend!
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| Anna's Hummingbird watercolor study. Their wings announce their magical visits. |
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