Mixed Media Painting | Fluffy Puppy 2 My daughter and I tackled another mixed media painting together, after she asked me to paint her a second puppy portrait to place on her bedroom wall. She drew this image over top of a mixed media, ephemera-rich background. I used inks, Caran C’ache Neocolor 2 crayons, golden acrylic paints, Winsor Newton Oil Bars, oil pastels, Posca Pens, Gelatos, and a Stabillo pencil to complete… Read More
Category: Blog, Family, GALLERY, Maltese, MIXED MEDIA Tags: Acrylic Paint, Art, Caran D'ache Neocolor II, drawing, Family, illustration, Janna Vanderveen Art, JKV, Maltese, MIXED MEDIA, Moon, Oil Pastels, Painting, Poodle, Puppy, Softie, Whimsical Dog, Winsor Newton Oil Bars
Watercolor Painting | Diving Deep No matter how deep you fall, or to what depths you dive, I am there. I descended to the depths to be with you, but I didn’t stay there. On the third day, I rose and took you with me.
Category: Blog, GALLERY, Pearls of Wisdom, Prayers, Thoughts, WATERCOLOR Tags: Bunny, Deep, Deeper Still, Diving, drawing, Easter, Fire, Girl, illustration, Inspiration, JKV, Lent, Maimeriblu Venezia, Penelope Bloom Bunny, Truth, Underwater, Water, Watercolor, Watercolor Art, Watercolor Painting, Whimsical, Winsor Newton
Watercolor Painting | The Princess and the Pea I completed this 9″ x 13″ watercolor illustration on 140 lb. watercolor paper using Winsor Newton and Maimeri Blu watercolor paints.
Category: Blog, GALLERY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Bed, drawing, Girl, illustration, Janna Vanderveen Art, JKV, JKV Art, Mattress, Painting, Pea, Penelope Bloom Bunny, Rainbow, Sunset, The Princess and the Pea, Watercolor, Watercolour, Whimsical
Watercolor Painting | Waning Sun Even when the sun wanes, You are not alone, For in darkness, My love shines brightest for you.
Category: Blog, GALLERY, POETRY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Darkness, drawing, Encouragement, Fantasy Art, Hope, illustration, Janna Vanderveen, Janna Vanderveen Art, JKV, Landscape, Love, Moon, POETRY, Sun, Watercolor Painting, Watercolour, Whimsical Girl
Watercolor Painting | Nomad She wanders alone, Exploring a world not her own, Seeking someone to love, And a place to call home.
Category: Blog, BOOKS, GALLERY, POETRY, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Block Art, Fantasy, Girl, Heart, illustration, Janna Vanderveen, Lonely, Loretta Grayson, Love, Moon, Nomad, Painting, Picture, Portrait, Rainbow, Watercolor, Whimsical
Digital Art Painting | Moon Princess Would you awaken the moon For a glimpse of the queen? Would you open your eyes And risk being seen? For she laces the frost With her silver-hearted breath, Creating beauty in madness, She whispers life into death.
Mixed Media Painting | Warrior Girl She ruled, not with an iron fist, But with an iron-clad mind, For her identity found footing in love, And her compassion could not be shaken.
Mixed Media Painting | Magical Girl She breathed hope like fairy dust And danced On the wind. (Click on thumbnail for full-resolution image)
Category: Blog, MIXED MEDIA, POETRY Tags: Acrylic, Derwent Pencils, drawing, Dust, Dylusions Ink, Fairy, Gesso, Girl, Hope, illustration, Jane Davenport, Matte Medium, MIXED MEDIA, Painting, Pink, POETRY, Purple, sketch, Stencils, Tamara Laporte, Whimsical, Willowing
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 to express his feelings. (Click on thumbnail for full-resolution image)
Category: Blog, WATERCOLOR, Writing Tags: Angry, Bleep, Character Design, Chilrens Book, drawing, Feelings, illustration, Language, Lessons, Painting, Sheep, sketch, Swearing, WATERCOLOR, 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 on-line course by Danielle Donaldson called Creative Girls. Since then, I’ve worked to develop my own characters using the techniques I’ve learned (creative practicing). I enjoy hiding heart shapes in my designs (hair, mouth, head shape, etc), a small tribute to my original… Read More
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
Now that the kids are back on school, I have plunged back into editing and writing. It is always a challenge to keep life balanced when I immerse myself into my work, so I make an effort to do activities with the kids that I think they will enjoy. This week, on a whim, I asked my children to each draw a picture that I could watercolor paint . I wanted to do… Read More
Category: Blog, Family, WATERCOLOR Tags: Art, Boy, Cartoon, Family, illustration, Painting, WATERCOLOR, Watercolor Painting
If Penelope were to make a drawing for us for Easter what would it look like? I figure it might be pretty simple: Easter eggs, and smiles! Then again, who knows. If she were feeling particularly imaginative, almost anything could end up on the paper … 😉 But for now, here is an Easter smile […]
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