Watercolor

I decided to teach myself to paint with watercolors today. When I first touched the brush to paper I was so excited I ended up painting the whole first page in this notebook yellow. The second paper wasn't much better, since I mixed the yellow with blue and discovered the amazingness of texture that came forth from the brush. By the time I got to the third page I had sufficiently calmed down enough to manage to paint an actual image. It's another study of the lake, since that's my current project:



I have an idea for another one, if I have time I'll post it tonight.

Pastels

I hope everyone had a great new year! In case you haven't heard me shouting it from rooftops, Shawn and his Dad made me a new easel for Christmas this year. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get any canvas yet, so I busted out my pastels and made this quick sketch, inspired by a real place from my childhood. Hopefully we find some large enough canvas soon so I can turn it into a painting.

Shiny Things and Silhouettes

Not much to say today, just some pretty pictures.

Sky Pictures

Todays theme is one of my favorites, pictures of the sky, the clouds, and the sun. I don't have much to say, as I've been in bed all day with a headache (minor migraine even?) so I'll just post the pictures for you all to enjoy! And I will enjoy going back to sleep ^.^