Last Watercolor Class till July

On our last class day, the teacher presented us with a photo of

a vase of flowers. The shadows on the vase was the object of the 

lesson. I'm not really proud of this overall, but I do like my shadows.
The following watercolors are my entry to Paint Party Friday.

Next is a seascape I did from looking at a photo.

Here is something I did years ago. The lady's slippers are

blooming in the woods by my house. So pretty.

Here is another oldie that happened

to look like someone I know, for whom this

scripture verse suits very well.

And Valerie gave me permission to use her photo
from last week to attempt to paint the sunrise scene.
Here is my interpretation.

Watercolors and PSE Brushes

 This week I painted this from a photo of my now 27 year old granddaughter.

 Here is our watercolor class project for this week.

The sweetpeas painting was something I did at home for fun.

Now for some special brushes I used in Photoshop Elements.

I can use them as digital stamps.

I made this digital collage made up of brushes by

Annika von Holdt. As I understand it, I can legally show 
you what I have created with her brushes. If I am wrong
about this, please let me know so I can remove this.

 

The next 2 brushes are from my own paintings/drawings.

Then, using the brushes that came with PSE, I've made this collage.

and lastly I am showing a piece I made with new stencils

I ordered from Technique Junkies. What looks brown is really gold.

These are my entries for Paint Party Friday.

Peony and Lemon

The lemon was done in watercolor class.

The peony was something I did at home.

Visit Paint Party Friday for some really good art.

O Happy Spring!

If it weren't for the pollen this would be a perfect season

with all things new and fresh!

This week I have a few watercolor paintings and my finished 

mixed media work from my Saturday class to show for PPF.

This door is from my Monday watercolors class.

This is a redo of the teacher's granddaughter. This 

looks more like her than the other 2 tries. I made her
eyelids narrower and eyebrows lighter. I trimmed off
the top of her hair and changed the face shape slightly.
The lips were changed a little bit too.

Here is a greetings card I made and sent.

These pansies paintings are from a friend's photo,

used with her permission.

Lastly, here is my mixed media piece, made from scraps of

painted papers, magazine snippets, paint, etc. It was a

lot of fun, much to my surprise. I have now bought a

large canvas to see if I can make something to go over

my sofa, using the same technique.

Happy Paint Party Friday and thanks to Kristin and Eva.

This Week's Art

I don't think this week's watercolor class piece turned out too well.

The lesson centered around using salt on the colorful trees.

This is a hayfield with round bales, spring budding trees, and a field

I thought as a painting it needed something in the lower left

corner, so I added the rise and the grasses (not in the original photo.)

Then some things I did at home just for fun...

and finally I tried to improve the young lady I had painted

and posted previously.  She looks closer to the photo,

but she looks even older, I think. However, I now have
found a great video on drawing faces for different ages.

These are my contributions to the Paint Party Friday.

New Watercolors for PPF

 The marigolds were done in watercolor class.

The woman was something I did at home.
The pale marigolds painting is on a card to send out.
The rose was done this week shortly after
my root canal surgery.

For some reason I am having trouble inserting text
in this post. So I have to add everything in this spot!

These are my posts for PPF.

Tulips in clear Vase

This was done in my watercolor class this week.

The two faces are some things I did at home

Be sure to visit Paint Party Friday and see some great art.

More Art from the Watercolor Class

First, on Monday we painted the horse sketch the teacher handed out.

It was to be painted in any color other than a horse color. I chose

colors that I like, phthlo blue, permanent rose, and new gamboge yellow.

Then we picked photos from her stack of personal photos

to try to paint. I chose a young woman's portrait photo.

It turned out to be her granddaughter. I wish I had known

that before I started because it turned out not to look

like the granddaughter (older and not as pretty!).

Then during the week I did a few flowers with pencils

and some backgrounds with alcohol inks on glossy paper.

These are my this week's offerings for Paint Party Friday.