Same palette continued....

Untitled Landscape.  Watercolor.
About 8 x 10 inches.

I've been painting in the palette since July and finished this piece last week.  It's got quin red, phthalo blue rs, undersea green, and quin gold and I can push it in a lot of different directions.  I hope you like it too.

I've also been painting on 140 lb paper rather than 300 lb.  Mainly because that's what I have.  Soon, I'm going to have to buy more paper.

Finally, worth noting, I tend to latch onto a brush.  I've been using a mop brush rather than a flat or round.  It's messy but fun.    

Small Abstract Greeting Card, Untitled.

Greeting Card.  

Brief post.  Little abstract on strathmore 140 lb paper.  Cobalt, quin gold, and carbazole violet.

Tulips Revised

Tulips Revised, Watercolor & Crayon.
Approximately 18 x 22 inches

I originally painted these tulips in 2015, and if you're an artist, you probably know that to some extent, paintings are never done.  There's almost always one more thing....

Anyhow, I had this out for a show, and it was bugging me, so I went back in with some Van Dyck Brown to enrich and deepen the background.  And, if you ask me it looks better cropped down.

Look at the previous version and tell me what you think.....

Trees in Breeze

Trees In Breeze.  Watercolor and Crayon.
Approximately 9.5 x 10 inches.

Three colors of watercolor (quin burnt orange, indanthrone blue, and nickel azo yellow) and two brown gray crayon colors on 300 lb cold press by Kilimanjaro.

You can see an earlier version HERE.

Darkness Falls

Darkness Falls.  Watercolor.
Approximately 12 x 16 inches.

I think I mentioned that I got some new colors in my last art supply order.  One of those is a new blue that's used heavily in the sky here:  Indanthrone Blue by Daniel Smith.  It is an intense, almost purple blue.  I like it.  Other colors are quin burnt orange (in the building's roof), nickel azo yellow (mainly in the foreground), and quin....I'd have to get up to double check this.  It's either quin red or quin pink.  Paper is Kilamanjaro 300 lb cold press from a block.

I like this painting.  I think the composition appeals to me.  I realize that I say that as the painter, but I don't always have a plan when I start these made up landscapes, and this one worked out to be fairly successful.

Whoops, I came back to add that it's for sale on daily paintworks--if you're interested, you can scope here:  http://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/608584

Break The Clouds / Continuing to work to frameless watercolors

Break The Clouds.  Watercolor.
11 x 14 inches

Blue Dreams--Returning from painter's block

Blue Dreams.  Watercolor.
Approx. 12 x 8 inches.

Lakeside & McKelvey II

Lakeridge & McKelvey II.  Watercolor & Crayon.
About 5.5 x 9.5 inches.

Circle. Or, a treatise on staying organized (ok, maybe on not staying organized).

Circle.  Watercolor.
About 14 x 11 inches.

Coneflowers

Coneflowers.  Watercolor & Crayon.
Approximately 12.5 x 10 inches

A Small Doodle

Untitled.  Watercolor.
Approximately 3 x 3 inches

Just playing around with a palette today--permanent yellow deep, prussian blue, and quinacridone pink.  On a scarp of paper.

Flowers In a Blue Pot

Flowers in a Blue Pot.  Watercolor (with a touch of crayon)
Approximately 12 x 8 inches.

I haven't been painting a lot over the last month or so.  Painting block?  Busy?  Distracted?  Maybe a combination of all those things, but technically, I just haven't been able to explain it.

I'm going to try and get back to it more consistently, so here for your Monday enjoyment, is a floral watercolor.  It started as clematis (which are blooming outside my kitchen window, and I've painted before), but morphed into something else.

It's phthalo blue rs, indigo, quin pink, and quin gold.  Plus a touch of green crayon in a few spots in the top of the painting.  On Fabriano 300 lb rough paper.

Sorrow. A small watercolor landscape.

Sorrow.  Watercolor.
About 6 x 4.5 inches.

This is the 4th of five paintings I've done with this palette.  It's the same as my most recent irises, and one that I've got on facebook here.  I like this painting a lot for the intensity of the colors.  I'm not feeling chatty today, so we'll leave it at that.

Phthalo blue rs, hansa yellow medium, and carbazole violet on Kilamanjaro 300 lb cold press.

Sky/Tree/Hill. Another glimpse into process....

Sky/Tree/Hill.  Mixed Media.
About 14 x 11 inches.

Siberian Iris

Siberian Iris 2016.  Watercolor.
About 15 x 9 inches.

Every spring, I end up painting Siberian Iris, which are blooming in my garden (sometimes, I cheat and paint them before they start to bloom....).   You can see previous year's paintings HERE, HERE and HERE.

This particular version is a little stark, if you ask me, but I was actually looking at the iris as I painted them.... Usually I look and then go off and paint without revisiting reality.  I love that as an artist reality can be extremely fluid.  Sometimes, though, it's a good exercise to try and capture a little more of the garden.

Phthalo blue rs, hansa yellow medium, and carbazole violet on Fabriano 300 lb rough watercolor paper.

Mounting A Watercolor

Spring Trees.  Watercolor Mounted On Board.
10 x 8 inches.
(Below the painting is an antique toilet paper roll from
my husband's grandfather, who was a plumber!)

The Weight of the Sky

The Weight of the Sky.  Watercolor and Crayon.
Approximately 8.5 x 11.

Still Lifes--Two Pears and an Orange

Two Pears and an Orange.  Watercolor.
Just smaller than 9 x 12 inches.

I had to take a little break.  After finishing 30 paintings in 30 days (ok, for me it was 24 paintings in 30 days, but still a super productive month) I had to get ready for a show, and then I was so tired, I just needed to breathe for a minute.

Day 20--30 Paintings in 30 Days. Switch Grass in Winter.

Switch Grass In Winter.  Watercolor.
Approximately 11 x 8 inches.

On Monday, Ohio decided to turn off the heat, and this morning it decided to start spitting snow.  Not a fan.  It is oppressively gray.  If feels like the sky is pushing down....mood, shoulders, spirit.  Blech. Don't believe me?  You can see for yourself in the picture I was riffing from below.

Palette is Indigo, Quinacridone Gold, and Quinacridone Burnt Orange (there may be a wee touch of Prussian Blue mixed in, but it is wee).  On Kilamanjaro 300 lb cold press watercolor paper.

Note:  Day 20 in Thirty Paintings in 30 Days, and I've only not painted 2 days.  I feel like a rock star!

Day 12--30 Paintings in 30 Days. Winter Trees

Winter Trees.  Watercolor.
Approximately 5.25 x 8.5 inches.