Watercolor Painting | Barn on a Hill Welcome to my wonderland, where even the barns whisper of stories untold. (Click on thumbnail for full-resolution image) A Peter Woolley exercise in watercolor painting.
Category: Blog, GALLERY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Barn, Birds, drawing, Landscape, MIXED MEDIA, Painting, Peter Woolley, Photo Art, sketch, WATERCOLOR, Watercolour, Winsor Newton, Wonder
Watercolor Painting | Tulips in Blue Vase My tulips are red In this vase of blue With petals so sweet They blossom for you. (Click on thumbnail for full-resolution image)
Category: Blog, POETRY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Blue Vase, drawing, Flowers, Love, Orange, Painting, POETRY, Red, sketch, Tulips, WATERCOLOR, Watercolour, Wet in Wet
Watercolor Illustration | Children's Book I am having a fun time developing a new set of characters for another children’s book. Sheep has a bad day and learns to use healthy language...
Category: Blog, WATERCOLOR, Writing Tags: Angry, Bleep, Character Design, Chilrens Book, drawing, Feelings, illustration, Language, Lessons, Painting, Sheep, sketch, Swearing, WATERCOLOR, Watercolour
Watercolor Illustration | Fairy and Sprites Rainbows and pearls Adorn fairies and sprites Who dust imaginations With magic and light. ~ Janna Vanderveen (Click on thumbnail for full-resolution image)
Category: Blog, POETRY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Character Design, Children's Book, drawing, Fairy, Imagination, Ink, pencil drawing, Pixie, Poppy, Rainbow, sketch, WATERCOLOR, Watercolour, Wet in Wet, Winsor Newton
Watercolor Character | Halloween Hyacinth (Click on thumbnail for full-resolution image)
Category: Blog, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Character Design, drawing, Girl, Goth, Halloween, Rainbow, sketch, WATERCOLOR, Watercolor Painting, Watercolour
Watercolor Illustration | Character Design Fancy Franny has pizzazz. She dresses to the nines, wears her hair in elaborate styles, and lives the high life. Over the last month, I completed an...
Category: Blog, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Beauty, Character Design, Creative Girls, Danielle Donaldson, Derwent Inktense Pencils, drawing, Fancy, Hearts, illustration, MIXED MEDIA, Painting, Pencil, Rainbow, WATERCOLOR, Watercolour, Winsor Newton
Watercolor Illustration | Heart Girl (Click on thumbnail for full-resolution image)
Category: Blog, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Derwent Inktense Pencils, drawing, Girl, Gouache, Happy, illustration, MIXED MEDIA, Rainbow, Sing, WATERCOLOR, Watercolor Painting, Watercolour
Random Watercolor Painting of a Deep Sea Angler Fish Random paintings occasionally appear out of nowhere. Seriously. I found this deep-sea angler fish dried on the inside lid of my Winsor Newton...
Category: Blog, WATERCOLOR Tags: Blob, Cotman, Deep Sea Angler Fish, Fish, Painting, Random, Random Art, Scary, Set, Teeth, WATERCOLOR, Watercolour, Winsor Newton
Watercolor Rhododendrons Glazing washes of watercolor (the art of grisaille) involves layering translucent colors to create a range of values that glow. If that sounds easy, guess again. There are days that I feel...
Category: Blog, WATERCOLOR Tags: Arleta Pech, Color, drawing, Flowers, Glazing, Grisaille, Layering, MIXED MEDIA, Painting, Pink, Rhododendrons, Translucent, WATERCOLOR, Watercolour, Wet in Dry, Wet in Wet, Winsor Newton
Watercolor Painting of Roses in Vase Dabbling with roses With love and with light This paintbrush of prose Births color and life. ~ Janna Vanderveen (Click on thumbnail for full-resolution image)
Category: Blog, POETRY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, drawing, Life, Light, Love, Painting, POETRY, Rose in vase, Roses, sketch, Vase, WATERCOLOR, Watercolour, Window
Watercolor of Open Window at Night with Two Moons She rose from her bed, Cobwebs in her head, And studied the light in her room. Through windows it played Pale fingers...
Category: Blog, Dreams, Family, Fantasy Foto Friday, POETRY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Balloons, Clouds, Curtains, Dawn, Dreams, Fairy, Fantasy, Fantasy Pictures, Imagination, MIXED MEDIA, Moonbeams, Night, Poem, POETRY, Sleeping, Two Moons, WATERCOLOR, Watercolor Painting, Window
Watercolor Hydrangea in Blue Vase Grander earth has quaked before Moved by the sound of His voice Seas that are shaken and stirred Can be calmed and broken for my regard...
Category: Blog, Musical Muse, POETRY, Quotes & Quips, Video, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Bethel Music, Blue Jar, Bouquet, Earthquake, Flowers, Hope, Hydrangea, Inspiration, It is Well, Jar, Kristene DiMarco, Peace, POETRY, Quotes, Vase, WATERCOLOR, Watercolor Hydrangeas, Watercolor Painting, Watercolour
Our desire to create is fueled by the power of our imagination. We only need to observe a child playing to see that this is true. Take my daughter’s artwork as an...
Category: Blog, Family, WATERCOLOR, Writing Tags: Castle, Children's Drawing, Fantasy, Fantasy Art, House, Imagination, Inspiration, Tree, WATERCOLOR, Watercolor Art, Watercolour, Writing
Watercolor Window and Roses “One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some...
Category: Blog, Pearls of Wisdom, Quotes & Quips, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Dale Carnegie, drawing, Garden, Kettle, Quotes, Red Flowers, Thankfullness, WATERCOLOR, Watercolor Painting, Watercolour, Window, Words to live by
A Tonal Watercolor Study: Farmhouse in the Dell Fingers of fog, Desecrate lightly The farmhouse in the dell Where silence walks And stone walls talk And darker stories dwell. ~ Janna Vanderveen This watercolor painting...
Category: Blog, POETRY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Composition, Cottage, Dell, drawing, English Cottage, Farmhouse, Painting, POETRY, sketch, Tonal Study, WATERCOLOR, Watercolour
(Watercolor: Girl with Red Umbrella) A Poem of Thankfulness Your love is everlasting Your arms reach far and wide You carry me in splendor You never leave my side Upon your...
Category: Blog, POETRY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, drawing, Handmade, Imagination, Mountains, Painting, Rain, Red, sketch, Sleet, Snow, Umbrella, WATERCOLOR, Watercolor Painting, Watercolour
The Robin The north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor robin do then, Poor thing? He’ll sit in a barn, And keep himself warm, And...
Category: Blog, POETRY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Bird, drawing, Holly, MIXED MEDIA, Mother Goose, Nursery Rhymes, POETRY, Robin, sketch, Snow, The Robin, Watercolor Painting, Watercolour, Winter
Craft day is always fun, especially when Grandma is involved. She researched ways to create cabochon/pendant necklaces, purchased all the supplies, and set up the creative day for her grandchildren to attend. I suggested that...
Category: Blog, Family, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Cabochon, Child Couture, drawing, Handmade, Jewelry, Necklace, Painting, Pendant, sketch, WATERCOLOR, Watercolor Painting, Watercolour
“When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my...
Category: Blog, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Basic Wash, drawing, Painting, Peter Woolley, WATERCOLOR, Watercolor Painting, Watercolor Wash, Watercolour
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