New watercolors

I am blessed to be able to take

watercolor classes from a wonderful

local artist,

Dolores Price.

This year we are studying an artist

by the name of

Shirley Trevena,

who is very abstract in style.

For homework this last week

we were to do studies of her demos,

from any of her books.

The book I am working out of is called

Vibrant Watercolors---Shirley Trevena

Here are three of my attempts.......



Trevena has another book called

Breaking the Rules,

and she does just that,

loving blooms and 'mistakes'.

Here is another painting I worked on yesterday,

combining watercolor and acrylics.

This is from the book

Watercolor Unleashed

by Julie Pollard.

Hope you have a wonderful

and creative week.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Watercolor lessons, inspiration and fun!

Every Wednesday I attend a watercolor class,

full of lessons, inspiration and fun!

Today was no different.

I recently painted my first landscape,

and got it critiqued today.

Now this is how it looks.

You may have seen it before, in a couple of posts back

http://inkspillersattic.blogspot.com/2012/05/ruby-sipper-tea-and-watercolor.html#links

As per Dolores' instructions,

I loosened up the foreground flowers,

added some purple to the water

and that's about it.

It sure made a difference.

I will be practicing more landscapes soon.

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Today I also did some ink pourings, 4 total.

Next week I will do some negative watercolor painting on top of them.

Click below to see one I did last year and more about how I did it.

http://inkspillersattic.blogspot.com/2011/02/vanilla-beans-flowers-and-art.html

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We are also doing still life paintings.

Here is what Dolores set up for us.

We can do the whole thing, or just part.

There's different textures, different backgrounds etc.

I love birds so....

Below is the close up photo I took and will attempt to paint.

Wish me luck!

Remember to...

Savor the Day!

Yvonne



Ruby Sipper Tea and a Watercolor

Happy Tea on Tuesday!

Tea day with our hostess Kimmie and friends

is full of great blogging fun!

Why don't you join us?

Last week when my sister visited

we went to one of my favorite places to eat...

The Tango Tea Room...(it takes tea to tango)

all vegetarian food, wonderful teas and more.

Here I am having their

Riby Sipper iced tea.

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I've been practicing my watercolor landscapes.

Here is one that is ready for critique

at my watercolor class on Wednesday.

What have you been doing to...

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Watercolor Class

Dolores Price is my wonderful watercolor instructor,

and I could watch her paint all day,

she is so amazing.

Not only is she a wonderful artist,

but a very lovely person.

Please visit her site,

if only to read what she writes about her work

at her Kairos Gallery and Studio...

http://www.dolorespricestudios.com/

This is a commission painting she is working on.

The colors are beautiful.

Can't wait to see it finished.

Dolores is such an inspiration!

Savor the Day!

Yvonne