Happy Easter!

#watercolor #Easter #spring #art

Family collage afternoon. Focusing on using the materials I have on hand - watercolor pencils, watercolor, crayons, magazines from the free pile at the library.

#collage #watercolor #mixedmedia

Super Bloom

Merced River, CA

#watercolor #wildflowers #california #sierranevada

I love barn owls. The background is beautiful, it shows off the translucent effect of watercolor and really makes the owl pop.

New art supplies! First time trying @carandache neocolors!

Study of somewhere in Greece

#neocolor #art #Greece #watercolor

Day 2 of the @andrea.nelson.art New Year's challenge, in which I traced rice. (I know it sounds weird. Check out her demo)

This one got a little weird, but I forged ahead with a sharpie and a gold paint pen.

I dont hate it? I don't love it either, but it's growing on me.

#art #watercolor

Kicking off the new year with @andrea.nelson.art "Realistic" 30 day challenge.

In true realistic fashion, I didn't finish day 1 (circles) until Jan 4.

#watercolor #artchallenge #andreanelsonart

Giant Sequoias in the snow

Reference photo from Department of Interior

#watercolor #art #painting #artistsofbluesky

Poole Harbor tutorial from Oliver Pyle.

#watercolor #art #painting #artistsofbluesky

First time painting in my sketchbook in a few weeks. Decided to tackle this @louisedemasi tutorial.

#watercolor #art #watercolour #painting

The Yule cat, or Jólakötturinn, is a huge and vicious cat from Icelandic Christmas folklore that is said to lurk in the snowy countryside during the Christmas season and eat people who do not receive new clothing before Christmas Eve.

#watercolor #art #christmas #cats

Relaxing watercolor tutorial from makoccinos - found this in the archives.

#watercolor #art #painting #makoccino

Thank you!

Wintery wreath in watercolor

#watercolor #watercolour #art #painting #christmastime

Water and brush control exercise courtesy of a @jennarainey tutorial. I love how these turned out, so I made them into bookmarks! Which is your favorite?

#watercolor #art

Some homemade autumn decor. I forgot the progress pics, but my daughter and I watercolor painted coffee filters with fall colors. After they dried, I cut them into leaf shapes and hung them up with twine.

#diy #Autumn #fallvibes #homedecor #diydecor #crafting

I've gotten some new colors in my palette over the last few months, but haven't really played with them. So tonight was color wheel night.

Which is your favorite? What would you paint with these palettes?

#watercolor #watercolour #art #colortheory #colorwheel

Shadows and contrast

Inspired by a photo I took last time I was at the Mendocino Coast Botanic Garden. If you find yourself in that neck of the woods, it's a hidden gem.

#mendocino #watercolor #watercolour #art #painting #artistsofbluesky

You'll be glad to know skate rinks are basically unchanged since the early 90s.

Except a lot more Taylor Swift.

Fishing pond at Howe Park, Sacramento

#watercolor #watercolour #landscapeart #art

My son is at rehearsal, and I'm enjoying a sunny afternoon before the rain starts tomorrow with my book club book for the month, "The Dream Hotel," by Laila Lalami.

#booksky

Negative leaf painting in watercolor

#watercolor #watercolour #art #Autumn

When the world is spinning out of control, it helps to draw lots of little lines.

Bonus, I got to try out some new supplies that I found on sale a few weeks ago.

#watercolor #watercolour #art #zentangle #abstract

Watercolor painting of a pattern of green and red apples, some of which are cut in half.

If you live in Sacramento and you don't go to Apple Hill ... is it really fall?

Inspired by my weekend.

#watercolor #watercolour #apples #applehill #fall #Autumn #art #eldoradocounty #californialove

Thank you!

A male common yellowthroat perched on an oak branch. #birds

Gold finch studies

#inkandwash #inkandwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #birds #art

Card making, inspired by an Ellen Crimini-Trent tutorial (hers were Mothers Day Cards, these have been repurposed into all-purpose cards)

#watercolor #watercolour #flowers #art #cardmaking

Thank you!

More fall, different style. This time with gouache.

#watercolor #gouache #fall #fallflowers #art #painting