Breaking the rules of watercolor

I love this youtube video. It's very inspiring, especially if you're having artist's block!

Speed painting a barn owl

This is a youtube video of me painting a barn owl. Take a look and enjoy!

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Video of a Sparrow Painting

My absolute favorite bird is the house sparrow. We have many of them in our garden and they visit us everyday when we throw them bread or fill the bird feeder. They're so small and delicate yet their personalities are bigger then life. They always seem to make me laugh. I painted this little sparrow with much love and the original is in my personal collection. A print is available on my etsy website. Watch and enjoy!

Progression painting of mushrooms

This is a progession of me painting a couple of mushrooms in watercolor on arches cold pressed 140lb paper.

                                                            I start with the drawing.

Here I added a grey wash for depth.

I begin putting on raw umber and burnt umber over the mushroom top.

I finished the mushroom top and added a raw umber wash to the underside of the mushroom.

Here I finished the underside with some burnt umber and grey to indicate depth.

I'm putting a deeper grey wash with light touches of raw umber and burnt umber. I used long line strokes to give the stem a gnarley look.

I used the same methods as above to complete the smaller mushroom.

The last step was adding some ground. I once again used raw and burnt umber with just a touch of grey to pull everything together.

Here is the finished painting!


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Flapper cat speed painting

This is a video of me speed painting a flapper cat. I love the 1920s and couldn't get the idea out of my head of paintng a cat with a flapper feather on her head. I named this painting "The Cat's Meow".

How to paint a watercolor bird

Here is a video of me painting a chickadee in watercolors. I would say it took me about 3 hours in total to paint. I have so many chickadees in my yard and was compelled to paint one of them. This original painting is available on my etsy store www.thimblesparrow.etsy.com