Day 25 & 26 of 100 - Black Capped Chickadee and Blueberries

 I couldn't resist painting this adorable chickadee using new watercolor brushes I bought. I'm really pleased with how both the bird and the blueberries turned out.

Australian Magpie No 7 in Watercolours

 I love how this one is perched on the branch.

Australian Magpie No 7 measures 10 x 8 inches and is painted on 300gms watercolour paper.

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Superb Fairy Wren No 28 in acrylics

This one was rather fun to paint.  Painted it in more of a looser style and rather like how it turned out.

Superb Fairy Wren no 28 measure 5 x 7 inches and is painted on 300gsm watercolour paper.

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Purple Finch No 2 in Watercolours

I wanted a bit of a break from painting detail so pulled out my watercolour paints and had  fun painting this little finch.

Purple Finch No 2 measures 5 x 7 inches and is painted on Arches 300gsm rough watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Hans Toom from Pixabay for the reference photo.

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Daisies in watercolours

Enjoyed painting this one. It was rather fun playing around with watercolours for a change.


Daisies measures 8 x 10 inches and is painted on Archers Watercolour Paper.

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A few watercolour landscapes

I felt like a break from detail so painted a few small watercolour landscapes.  They  all measure 5 x 5 inches and are painted on 300gsm Daler Rowney "The Langton" NOT watercolour paper.

Bluebell Path in watercolours

I haven't painted a bluebell scene for a while.  I changed this one quite a bit from the reference photo - I opened up the path and added in the trees. It was rather a fun one to paint.

As I type this, I can hear thunder so looks like we will have a storm this afternoon - temperature also has dropped a bit which makes for a nice change.

Bluebell Path measures 8 x 6 inches and is painted on 300gsm rough Arches watercolour paper.

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Colourful Pots ACEO in watercolours

I felt like doing a few watercolour paintings so this is the first one.

Colourful Pots measures 2.5 x 3.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Ruth Archer for the reference photo.

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Poppy in watercolours

I decided to paint this one in watercolours.  Really pleased with how it turned out.

I finished my Christmas shopping today - thank goodness - shops were hectic as usual.   Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Poppy measures 8 x 8 inches and is painted on 300gsm Daler Rowney "The Langton" NOT watercolour paper.

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Autumn Barn in watercolours

I decided to paint this one in watercolours. Mainly because I could do a wash of colour for the background trees which work really well.

Autumn Barn measures 14 x 11 inches and is painted on 300gsm Daler Rowney "The Langton" NOT watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Bonnie Sitter for the reference photo.

Autumn Begins in Watercolours

I ended up having to paint this one twice.  I bought new masking tape which I normally use around the border of a watercolour painting.  Never had a problem before but when I removed the masking tape this time, it tore the watercolour paper.  So I had start again.  Second time round I didn't use masking tape - just means I have a more messy border.

Autumn begins measures 10 x 8 inches and is painted on 300gsm Daler Rowney "The Langton" NOT watercolour paper .

Many thanks to Nicola B for the reference photo.

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Summers Day in watercolours

I enjoyed painting this one and I am really pleased with the final painting.

Summers Day measure 8 x 10 inches and is painted on Daler - Rowney 'The Langton' NOT 300gsm watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Paul Acarnley for the reference photo.

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Bluebell Walk in watercolours

This one was fun to paint.  Everything just worked.

Bluebell Walk measure 8 x 10 inches and is painted on Daler - Rowney 'The Langton' NOT 300gsm watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to ESP for the reference photo.

Spring River in watercolours

I used the same reference photo that used to paint Fall Stream ACEO a week or so ago but this time round I changed the season to spring  and added in the birch trees.  Really pleased with how the final painting turned out.

Spring River measure 8 x 10 inches and is painted on Daler - Rowney 'The Langton' NOT 300gsm watercolour paper.


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Many thanks to Keith Evans for reference photo.

Bluebell Path ACEO in Watercolours

For something different I decided to paint a few aceo watercolour landscape paintings.  This the first one.

Bluebell Path measures 2.5 x 3.5 inches and is painted on Daler - Rowney 'The Langton' NOT 300gsm watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Michael Yates for the reference photo.

Forest Path in watercolours

I decided to paint this one in watercolours.  Really pleased with the final painting.  I rather enjoy painting the forest scenes in watercolour so will have to look for some more reference photos.

Forest Path measures 8 x 10 inches and is painted on 300gsm Daler Rowney "The Langton" NOT watercolour paper.



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Many thanks to Strawberry Wine (Wetcanvas) for the reference photo.

Bluebell Woods in watercolours

I had fun painting this one.  Trying out a new watercolour paper - Daler - Rowney 'The Langton' NOT 300gsm watercolour paper.  I rather like it - easier to rub off the masking fluid and to lift the paint to lighten areas.  I can purchase this paper from my local art shop (provided they have stock) as oppose to driving around 30 minutes to an art store that stocks Arches paper.  Will so how it goes.

Bluebell Woods measures 14 x 11 inches and is painted on Daler-Rowney 'The Landton' NOT 300gsm watercolor paper.

 

Many thanks to Rosie for the reference photo.

Bluebell Stream in watercolours

So this is the second painting.  I changed it to a bluebell scene as I do love painting bluebells.   I used a mixture of cobalt blue and Alizarin Crimson for the bluebell colour  which seems to work really well.

Bluebell Stream measures 10 x 8 inches and is painted on 300gsm rough Arches watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Doti Moody Hunt for the reference photo.

Woodland Stream in watercolours

This is the first of two paintings that I did using the some reference photo.  I used the reference photo for the  main placement of the trees and stream but that's about it.  Rather pleased how it turned out.

Woodland Stream measures 10 x 8 inches and is painted on 300gsm rough Arches watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Doti Moody Hunt for the reference photo.

Golden Fields in watercolours

I needed a break from detail so decided to swap to watercolours.  Painted my watercolour version of the little aceo painting "English Countryside" that a did a few weeks ago.   Really pleased with how the  final painting turned out.

Golden Fields measures 10 x 8 inches and is painted on 300gsm rough Arches watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Max Hemingway for the reference photo