This is my first attempt at painting a watercolor picture without first sketching it out with pencil. I decided to try just creating as a went. My starting point was I wanted mountains in the background, and a garden of flowers in the foreground. That was all. The rest came as I went along. The last thing was putting My girlfriend, Weezie, and me in the pond swimming. Now, that is my favorite part. My lilies don't look like lilies, so they are just floating flowers.
I am linking up with:
Art Journal Journey
Paint Party Friday
Sunday Sketches
Over the Fourth, my granddaughter and my son came to see me, and she drew this cute little picture of her bedroom at home.She used pen and ink and my : markers. Right now she is taking
an art class at the Richmond Museum of Art and I am oh, so happy for her.
Beautiful painting, and thanks so much for joining us again at Art Journal Journey. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteLove your delightful art work ~ fun swimming in the pool with your friend ~ Love your style ~
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend to you ~ ^_^
This has become such a beautiful cheerful picture! The best I like the funny women in the swimming pool! Ulrike
ReplyDeleteA beautiful water colour painting Genie. It looks like fun in that swimming pool.
ReplyDeleteYvonne xx
Oh. Genie, I so love your watercolor. It may be my favorite. Love Eloise's drawing too.
ReplyDeleteSuch sweet artwork...love all the fun details! Great background on your blog too!
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Hello from AJJ Genie.
ReplyDeleteYour painting is charming and lovely.
You and your friend swimming is a fun touch.
oxo
You've created a beautiful charming watercolour Genie. I'm going to try to not use pencil in the future, but I find it very difficult.
ReplyDeleteI think you may have another artist in the family by the look of your grand-daughters picture.
I hope you have a super Sunday and wonderful week ahead.
Love your cute town!
ReplyDeletethis is cute, a pool surrounded by a garden and mountains, looks like a relaxing place to be.
ReplyDeletehave a lovely day.
A beautiful watercolor. Sometimes it is good to work differently. I started with plain watercolors years back, and now I am actually adding black ink to my work :)
ReplyDeletesweet sketch! And you granddaughter's work is so nice too, she kind of mirrors your style I think.
ReplyDeleteLove this so much, super happy and dynamic
ReplyDeleteI think you did a wonderful job with your watercolor. especially not sketching first!! that is hard to do.. have a wonderful new week!!
ReplyDeleteYour swimming painting is so charming and whimsical. I love all the individual flowers. I enjoyed your grand daughter's picture. I always like looking at children's art.
ReplyDeleteyour first attempt looks very promising and your granddaughter seem to be good at it too. :)
ReplyDeletelovely art and story telling !
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet painting you did, it's so charming! I love your flowers. Your granddaughter did a lovely job too.
ReplyDeletecute happy looking painting :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute illustration, Genie. I love it. It reminds me a lot of those little London area maps. Well done. :)
ReplyDeleteI really love this, how interesting that you just started it and carried on until it was finished. I love all the flowers and the little hut at the right and the Genie-birds and I totally love the finishing touch of you and your friend swimming in the pool, that's terrific.
ReplyDeleteYour grand-daughter's painting is lovely, children just do it, don't they, they don't even consider that there could be any problems with painting.
I love the watercolor and could see it as a greeting card series. It put a smile on my face and keeps me studying it for all the details.
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a better week too. Mine is going better:)
brilliant entry for the sunday sketches avatar!
thank you for your visit and thoughtful comment on my blog post.
Love your watercolor ! I haven't played with mine in forever. You did a great job :)
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