If you’ve ever tried to pick up watercolor only to shake your fist at the ceiling lightbulbs screaming “I DEFY YOU UNIVERSE!” because, once again, your painting has been foiled and your paintbrush is permanently embedded in the far wall . . . chances are you’ve run into the key ingredient needed for successful watercolor paintings:
PATIENCE.
Yes, I recognize old men is an odd category for the letter "O". But there's nothing that warms my heart more than seeing a happy grandpa on a park bench eating an waffle ice cream cone on a sunny spring…
One of my most favorite subjects to paint are nebulas. I love their color variety and shocking etheral quality. You never know what a nebula will look like–anything is possible. They bring my imagination to life and inspire me like nothing else.
I thought for “N” I’d share a couple nebulas I painted recently:
The above nebula is done in mainly watercolor. Some of the stars are acrylic. The nebulas below are completely watercolor. The last one I’m toying with slicing into 2 smaller paintings.
J is for all the places I plan on journeying to :) We've been saving to go on abroad once Randy finishes grad school. I've been overseas several times, but Randy has only been to the Bahamas for our honeymoon.…
I is for icons….but not just any icons. Galaxy icons! I used one of my watercolor paintings to create galaxy social media icons:
This set includes the Amazon, Blogger, Email Contact, Facebook, Flicker, Goodreads, Youtube, Google Plus, Instagram, Pinterest, RSS, Tumbler, Twitter Bird, WordPress, and the Twitter “t” (not pictured) icon in a 80×80, 60×60, 50×50, and 40×40 px size. They come in a .png format.
They are free for anybody who wants them.
Congratulations to SoSheri, for winning Day "E"'s giveaway of Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor! G stands for Guy Kawasaki (an author and "former chief evangelist of Apple") and his words of wisdom, which I thought echoed nicely…