Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Watercolor Art


  I was inspired to play with watercolors again and the piece above was just that. I recently purchased Golden Acrylic Ground For Pastels and wanted to see how it would work with regular cardstock and watercolors. As you can see it worked beautifully and the colors stayed vibrant! I added a wash of colors to the paper once the layer of ground had dried and I saw flowers so I doodled them in with a white gel pen and black Pitt pen. The ground is super for using my Pan Pastels too.

 This is a journal page which had been coated with a thin layer of the ground also. I had seen an advertisement in a magazine of a loosely painted face and had to give it a try. For this page I used only two brushes and a wet on wet technique for this effect:


 Speaking of watercolor art:

Those of you from Paint Party Friday will recognize these darling watercolor projects painted by the talented Emma Kaufmann of StudioKaufmann.

 Emma recently began painting a series of watercolor paintings featuring the traveling guinea pig (above left in Venice and above right in Paris). She is selling her products thru Redbubble.
I bought cards and they are so vibrant and of excellent quality! I already have one in a frame :) Do have a look at Emma's other gorgeous offerings too. I love when I can support a fellow artist. PS Emma, I 'd love to see that guinea pig travel to Ireland, Scotland and India just to name a few other places:):)

 I also received another gorgeous watercolor card in the mail recently:


This is from another Paint Party Friday artist- SusanAriel whose beautiful watercolor art was featured on last week's PPF page! It is such a delicate painting and I just love it! Thank you so much dear Susan for thinking of me. Another piece to be framed:)

 Linking my art projects this week to Art It Friday- Show Your Face and Paint Party Friday of course!

For T Stands for Tuesday I have this:

                  a fish wrap, fries, red wine and lemon water-my choice,

        and a crab patty sandwich, fries and an Irish stout for Bill. YUM!

 We had to take a road trip about an hour away and on the way back we went to McCoole's Red Lion Inn again for a late lunch. The food is always excellent and we had the same waitress we had some months ago who immediately recognized us:). Needless to say I didn't have to make anything for any dinner that evening-too full for anything else!

 In my next post I will share the artists whose art I purchased (Mother's Day gift) at our local Mother's Day Sidewalk Art Show in town over the weekend.
 Until then, happy creating and thank you for sharing your beautiful art!

" The flow of water and paint can be uncomfortable and crazy, but it is also freedom, an escape, therapy, joy, and oh yes, sensuous!"    Angela Lynch

 


40 comments:

  1. Looks like you have had fun painting, my fave today is that beautiful face. And the food looks great too! Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie

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  2. I admit (as sad as it may be) that I have never heard of ground before. I'll have to go to the Golden site to learn more about it. Whatever it is, your watercolors turned out beautiful. And that face is unbelievable. You did a great job with that. Of course, I'm mostly interested for pan pastels.

    Susan makes beautiful art, doesn't she? It's a genuine beauty.

    I LOVE stout beer. I am NOT a beer drinker (or wine, either), but stout is the one beer I will drink. I remember several of us went to a local brewery and everyone except me got the sampler. Four glasses of beer from light to dark. No one wanted their stout, so I ended up drinking my stout AND all of theirs, too. Needless to say, I was pretty sloshed when we left the restaurant! Your hubby has great taste!

    Your food looks wonderful, and I thought it was great that the waitress remembered you. Just goes to show what a great impression you make on others.

    Thanks for sharing your awesome art and your YUMMY drinks (especially the stout beer) and food with us for T this Tuesday. And thanks for letting me add you to my left sidebar.

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  3. Wow- your water color pieces are gorgeous. I am really gorgeous Linda. Wow- what a face. And that fish sandwich looks so yummy. Yup, we had lots of wind too but finally some sun. That is exciting. Though this weekend- well, I think the weather is going to turn on us again. I also have a little package of French inspired goodies to send you from when I did my cleaning and purging. It has been sitting on my table for the last week. Hopefully by telling you it will get the fire burning so I will make it to the post office and mail it. So keep your eyes open later this week. Happy T Day too! Hugs-Erika

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  4. oh my, that face is unbelievable!! and your fish meal Looks delicious, would be my choice also, i suppose.
    happy t-day. linda!

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  5. Beautiful paintings. The face is so soft and lovely.
    Happy T day!

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  6. Love the beautiful flower card and face you painted...really gorgeous! the food you are showing looks so yummy, now I am hungry! happy T day!

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  7. Wonderful paintings dear Linda and the food looks just awesome!
    Happy T-Day!
    oxo Susi

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  8. I love your face painting...I love fish n chips (fries)

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  9. Gorgeous watercolor creations ~ lovely!

    Happy Week to you ~ ^_^

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  10. Love those happy, joyous colours and your face is stunning, so dreamlike and ethereal.

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  11. Wonderful Wonderful Watercolor creations dear Linda!
    Your "loose" lady is stunning WOW!
    Nice theme of lovely artwork from sweet talented people.
    You've clearly been bitten by the watercolor bug which is a plus for us getting to enjoy all that you create.
    Sweet to be remembered from your previous visit to that yummy place.
    Happy T Day oxo

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  12. What a beautiful 'loose' face! It looks so easy but I am sure it isn't.
    The restaurant looks really nice. I wouldn't mind going there myself. I'd have what Bill had, including the Irish stout as long as it wasn't Guinness, that's too strong. But I love the milder stouts. It used to be a ladies drink when I was younger. The men would order pints of bitter and then a glass of stout for the ladies.
    Great that the waitress recognized you. You must have made an impression.
    Thank you for visiting,
    Happy T-day,
    Lisca

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  13. Hello on T Day
    Gorgeous paintings, the face looks so beautiful and of course the meal looks delicious.
    Yvonne cc

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  14. Linda i loved seeing your artwork and the work of others. Just beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing this Tday and for the lovely comments left on my blog post. Hugs! deb

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  15. Thank you Linda, I'm so happy that you always support and encourage me and my art:-) Your soft portrait is lovely. Her eyes are beautiful. I've not heard of this Ground medium. Will have to find out more about it. Emma's cards look stunning. I'm definitely going to have a look at hershop.
    Have a great week
    Hugs
    Susan

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  16. The face is beautiful Linda! The other paintings are very nice too. Love the note cards you purchased!!!

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  17. Late for T but here at last - dreadful connection! Love your paintings! Your fish wrap looks delicious! Hugs, Chrisx

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  18. Happy PPF and have a great weekend, hugs Valerie

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  19. Beautiful watercolour Art.
    Happy PPF ♥♥

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  20. Lovely work Linda and the food looks yummy!

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  21. Oh my goodness I just adore your watercolour! The face is so gorgeous! Thanks for linking up to Show Your Face Linda. Have a lovely weekend.
    Kim

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  22. I love these pieces Linda - I don't often see your paintings as often as your card making and journalling but you should definitely do more of it. The flowers are so vibrant and lovely (would make great material for soft furnishings actually!) and the portrait is so wonderfully delicate and loose.

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  23. ur watercolor flowers are gorgeous ...love them

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  24. Awesome technique with the face! It's a real beauty. I love the way it just fades into the background. I'm not sure I have that sort of talent. And the first painting is so tropically beautiful. Looks like it may have come from the south seas. I'll have to google the "ground" you used. That's a new item to me.

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  25. Gorgeous and inspiring art! Bright and colorful floral magic..very stunning! I especially love though the ethereal dreamy face...she is mesmerizing and blissful. I feel a connection to her! She feels like a visiting spirit from another realm !
    Wonderful to visit your creative world !
    Victoria

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  26. Hi Linda, thanks for visiting and your kind words. Yes I did manage to get my foot up quite a bit though not so much today. It isn't cured yet so I might need more drugs. This is why I'm so late replying - I've stayed off the internet more than usual. Your art is amazing and what a lot of food! Happy T day.
    Cazzy

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  27. Your watercolor portrait is simply beautiful! I also got very hungry with the scrumptious food you photographed. Blessings, my friend!

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  28. Thanks so much for buying the cards. I must get my guinea pig off to Scotland, he is definitely going to be looking for the Loch Ness Monster and also visiting the Taj Mahal! The watercolor of the woman you did is really lovely. Happy PPF

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  29. Oh, your face is magnificent, so ethereal, so tender!

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  30. I love the vibrant flowers and that watercolor face is amazing! Thanks for sharing. :)

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  31. I love your flowers and the portrait is so beautiful. She is so soft and lovely. I also enjoyed seeing the art by other artists that you shared, thank you.

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  32. That guinea pig could travel to Finland too, like Helsinki :)
    I really like your face painting, very stylish!

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  33. Wonderful paintings! The watercolor portrait is really gorgeous. I love how minimal dabs of paint transform into something so pretty. So nicely done!

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  34. The watercolor flowers are lovely -- great color choices! I also enjoyed seeing the works from other artists -- great collection!

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  35. In LOVE with your wet on wet watercolour...it looks magazine worthy just stunning!! Love your flowers too! Emmas work is amazing lucky you owning such wonderful card!! And Susans heart is spectacular too!! Great post Linda..so full of love, just as you always are!

    Hugs Giggles

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  36. I love how vibrant those colours in the first piece are, and your watercolor face is stunning. This is really a showcase for "less is more"!

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  37. I truly should go buy some paints! Thanks for the inspiration. Happy I had dinner, that looks yummY!

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  38. I was totally captured by the face of your watercolor page.

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  39. Your watercolour pieces look great, I especially love the bright vibrant flowers. I am trying to finally get my head round watercolours. They're such a tricky medium, but so beautiful and versatile too. Oh that food looks yummy!

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  40. both the flowers and the face are quite wonderful... great sense of colour... please accept my apologies for being late for PPf visits ... again!!!

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