Tag Archives: watercolor

Riding Back to My Blog

Posted on August 19, 2016 by artsynaturenut

Hoping to hop on this bicycle and ride back into the blog world after being absent for a very lo-o-o-ong time.  This little contour drawing was embellished with a bit of extra marker and watercolor.  It was one of my … Continue reading →

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Juicy Watercolors!

Posted on May 12, 2014 by artsynaturenut

Watercolor postcards mailed out today for the MMSA watercolor swap.  Wasn’t really sure if I would get this one in this week but when I started playing with my paints I couldn’t stop.  I would have made a 4th card … Continue reading →

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Inspiration when you least expect it!

Posted on April 18, 2014 by artsynaturenut

Last weekend we did some volunteer work at our local metropark.  It was a small Spring carnival mainly for little kids–a clown, crafts, junk food and game booths with all those kitsy little prizes.  I was assigned the ladybug bean … Continue reading →

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A cut above…..um, actually on the side……

Posted on February 25, 2013 by artsynaturenut

Just to do something a little different I layered some journal pages by cutting a few of the edges progressively smaller.  I used watercolor pencil on the edges to accent the curvy edges and journaled 3 related prompts, wants and … Continue reading →

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Get Out and Play!

Posted on February 5, 2013 by artsynaturenut

My prompt for this week was “Get out and play”.  So I did.  I just had fun drawing the leaves first then the pages needed a little something more so I collaged circles I cut out freehand from a catalog.  … Continue reading →

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Let go…..

Posted on January 12, 2013 by artsynaturenut

  Still not back into my journal everyday habit that I was doing before the holidays.  I do have a number of pics that I have taken of pages I’ve done so I’ll continue to post some of those and … Continue reading →

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Horse of a lot of colors!

Posted on June 27, 2012 by artsynaturenut

Day #2 creature:  Doesn’t he look sweet. We start by putting about 3 layers of random scribbly watercolor on the paper–don’t even think about what you’re doing.  After its all dry (I did 6 different papers) turn the paper in … Continue reading →

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Lovin’ these creatures!

Posted on June 26, 2012 by artsynaturenut

Day 1 of my Imaginary Creatures class with Carla Sonheim.  (Have I told you how much I love her classes?)  These are made from little paint blobs of watercolor–2 to 3 layers of different watery paint.  When you’re satisfied with … Continue reading →

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Get your face in the newspapers :-0

Posted on March 19, 2012 by artsynaturenut

My newest famous friends!  Well their faces ARE in the news!!   This is a series of five faces in my 100 faces project I did with torn bits of newsprint.  I tore bits of paper out of the newspaper not … Continue reading →

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Three Ladies and a Man

Posted on March 9, 2012 by artsynaturenut

Numbers 16, 17, 18 and 19 out of 100!  Only 81 away from my goal…..let’s see, if I can get 4 done in a week that means I will reach my goal in 20.25 weeks!!!  That’s at approximately 6am on … Continue reading →

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