Our cold, gray Utah winter has left me longing for color and spring flowers. So I started looking through the photos I took last year and selected a few to use to create some water color paintings.
I painted away on 10 x 10 pieces of 300 lb watercolor paper. I wasn’t completely happy with the results so I took a chance and tried something I have never done before. I pulled out my pastel paints (that I hadn’t used in 20 years) and added a layer of pastel to my watercolor paintings. I loved the effect of the pastel on the rough watercolor paper surface! I thought I had invented a new idea, but I have since learned many pastel artists do a watercolor under painting then add layers of pastel. I did quite a few paintings, but these three are my favorite and now hang framed in my kitchen.
Flower Basket Bike from a photo I took during the 2012 Hidden Garden Tour held in June in Utah County.
NYC Flower Market from a photo I took on trip to New York with my daughter. We loved walking the streets of the flower district.
I love succulents that look like flowers. This succulent painting was inspired by the succulent photos my daughter takes.
You can see her photos on her website: Succulents and Sunshine.
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I so enjoyed your inspirational floral watercolor painting entry that you wrote January 25 th. You put a “bug in my ear” that told me to get out my paint and brushes!. I am a flower lover also and I am always tickled to know that there are others “out there” that share my passion as deeply as I do! Thank You for sharing your enthusiasm, thoughts, vision and love. Sincerely, Sharon Adams *Aurora, Oregon USA
So nice to hear from you Sharon! I’m always happy to find a fellow flower lover and artist. Hope you create something beautiful with your paint and brushes.
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Beautiful floral works! I especially love the repetition and variety of shapes in the succulent painting. Well done! Ahh…we all need a comfy couch like this!
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Happy PPF!!
Mary
Lovely floral paintings! I especially love the succulent with its repetition of shapes in a variety of sizes! Well done!
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Happy PPF!!
Mary
Each piece is wonderful. Great detail and depth of color. Very nice
oh my-these are beautiful!! I especially love the bicycle one with the basket of flowers! Happy PPF!
They are all wonderful but I love that succulent… it is wonderfully rendered… and the colours are just perfect… what great painting week…xx
OH that succulent is fantastic, love those plants, and you make it look so easy. xox
Wonderful images with so much depth and detail:)
I just enjoyed reading all your blogs and looking at the pictures. I love the three paintings from the Jan. blog.
I love the succlent picture. It really does have the shape of a flower. I love the organic look you have to it.