Loose Hydrangea Watercolor - SOLD

Loose Hydrangea Watercolor
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 14" x 20"
SOLD at $20 plus $10 shipping.
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Since I already did a commission today, a repeat of one of the American Irises, I wanted something very loose, watery, sloppy for my today's painting. My favorite part of this one is that tiny bit of yellowish in the vase. For the rest, it's swish, swish, but since it's so big, it does have "presence."

American Iris 8 - SOLD

American Iris 8
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 12" x 12"
SOLD at $40 plus $10 shipping.
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I was able to get this one done today, pretty much all day, but I've been listening to "sermons" or messages from the fine pastors at Covenant Life Church, such an inspiration, and it makes the painting time go by fast.
(From the home page, go to resources, and you can pick and choose by pastor, topic, series, scripture...)

Anyway, this one is from the same reference I used the other day, but larger this time.

American Iris 7 - SOLD

American Iris 7
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 10" x 10"
SOLD at $25 plus $10 shipping.
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I'm pretty happy with this one.
I like the bits of orange, and the touches of gouache for the white fringes.

American Iris 6 - SOLD

American Iris 6
Watercolor on Arches Paper,10" x 10"
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Another iris for today.

American Iris 5 - SOLD

American Iris 5
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 10" x 10"
SOLD at $25 plus $10 shipping.
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Didn't this one turn out nicely?
I like how the white pops against the dark colors, even though there really isn't much white left here.
Hope you all are having a blessed Easter weekend.

American Iris 4 - SOLD

American Iris 4
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 10"x 10"
SOLD at $20 plus $10 shipping.
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I decided that since there was so much color already in this one, that I would leave the background as the white paper. Fun to use the oranges, pinks, and mauve's together.

American Iris 3 - SOLD

American Iris 3
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 10" x 10"
SOLD at $25 plus $10 shipping.
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Detail (Close Up) Below:

Oh, I'm happy with this one. I took a lot of time, and went gently with the glazing.
I wanted a lighter iris this time around. I was a little worried about using the yellow and blue in the forward petal (yikes, green) but with the addition of the lavender, it worked out okay.

American Iris 2 - SOLD

American Iris 2
Watercolor on Arches paper, 10" x 10"
SOLD at $20 plus $10 shipping.
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Another in the Iris series. This one a bit larger than yesterday's.

American Iris 1 - SOLD

American Iris 1
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 8" x 8"
SOLD at $20 plus $10 shipping.
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The American Iris Society has a lovely blog, where I found a treasure trove of beautiful iris photos. Which of course, suggests a series, and I decided on squares. This one is an 8" x 8".

Stand of Pines - SOLD

Stand of Pines
Oil on Gessoed Watercolor Paper, 11.5" x 15.5"
SOLD at $12 plus $10 shipping.

This one is experimental, an oil done on watercolor paper.
I Gessoed the watercolor paper first, and it was good to paint on, not too absorbent, with a bit of texture still remaining, so I'm guessing that it will be okay, but I'm not sure how archival it might be. I'm pricing it as materials plus shipping.

Dabs of Color 2 - SOLD

Dabs of Color 2
Oil on Canvas Paper, 11.5" x 11.5"
SOLD..
A bit larger version of the one I did the other day, and a bit of a rest from the watercolors, which are more demanding than the oils.

Hydrangea in Detail - SOLD

Hydrangea in Detail
Watercolor on Arches Paper, Image size: 10" x 10"
SOLD at $35 plus $10 shipping.
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I wanted to try one more hydrangea, but in detailed fashion, petal by petal.
And yes, it took awhile, with the waiting for parts to dry.

Watercolor Hydrangeas - SOLD

Watercolor Hydrangeas
Watercolor on Arches Pper, 12" x 16"
SOLD at $20 plus $10 shipping.
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I'm fairly happy with this one, the colors, and it doesn't look overworked.
I thought it might be interesting to show a couple of possible crops for this one.
You could crop it to a square:

 or a different rectangle:

Fluid Hydrangea - SOLD

Fluid Hydrangea
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 9.5" x 9.5"
SOLD at $20 plus $10 shipping.
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This one was entirely experimental, trying to capture the feeling of hydrangeas, with loose watercolors. It didn't turn out as nicely as I had hoped, but if someone likes it... There is a touch of pastel here and there. The watercolor has possibilities,so I'll try this again.

Happy Sunflowers - SOLD

Happy Sunflowers
Watercolor on Arches Paper, Image Size: 11" x 15"
Paper Size: 12" x 16"
SOLD at $25 plus $10 shipping.
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I was thinking about purple flowers today, but since I need to get some purple watercolor, it was back to more Sunflowers.Tomorrow maybe something else.

Sunflowers Squared - SOLD

Sunflowers Squared
Watercolor on Arches Paper,  Image Size 10"x 10"
SOLD at $25 plus $10 shipping.
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While we are on the subject of sunflowers, thought I'd try another one.

Sunflowers Watercolor - SOLD

Sunflowers Watercolor
Watercolor on Arches Paper,
Image Size: 13" x 19"
Paper Size: 14" x 20"
SOLD.

The challenge this week in DPW (Daily Paintworks) is sunflowers, so I used the provided reference very loosely, and  swished a watercolor. My watercolor brushes are still buried in a box somewhere, but I had a few soft and clean oil brushes, so I used those.

Preview Hydrangeas - NA

Preview Hydrangeas
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
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It's actually snowing outside my window this morning, not sticking to the roads, but still...snow!
But I've seen a few forsythia bushes in bloom, and warm weather and flowering trees are not far behind. HA. Let it snow.

Frilly Skirt for Spring - SOLD

Frilly Skirt for Spring
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
SOLD.


I have rejoined DPW, and this will be my first submission.
Feels good to be back!

Dabs of Color - SOLD

Dabs of Color
Acrylic on Archival Canvas Paper, 9"x 12"
SOLD at $7.00 plus $10 shipping.

This one is on canvas paper, and can be cropped easily to fit a smaller frame. (Just use scissors.)
It is composed of color dabs in acrylics.