Political Art

I am not religious. This is a very early practice watercolor of mine. I was experimenting with backgrounds, and painting print.

Practice Copy with Watercolors

My grandmother's home boasts many works of art. She was/is a stained glass artist. The above is a watercolor. I painted from memory, this was to be practice for the real thing. I later learned that the symmetry of stained glass works looks odd on paper. Or it just seems to look funny to me.

Shadowbox Project Under Ten Dollars

The Process:

Painting The Background

Designing the Elements

Background for Webcam

Alexi's Ladybugs

 Ladybugs Greet Dawn

Watercolor on Paper

June 2009

Haiku on the back of Ladybugs Greet Dawn

June 2009

   This is the first landscape I tried. I was learning the way of paint and brush, as well. Painting was very new, and not yet a passion. This "piece" encouraged me to seriously learn this art.

Jelly?

Jellyfish From A Wildlife Magazine

Watercolors on 140lb. Cold Press Watercolor Paper

Late August or Early November 2009

Treetops

Watercolors on Lightweight Paper

August 2009

   This is to be viewed horizontally. One should get the sense that one is looking up into trees with purple berries. Trees at my gran's house served as the model for this.

In the Beginning, There was Form and Substance

 Watercolors on  Paper

June 2009

Haiku Inspired by Painting

June 2009

   I did this when I began painting and drawing. All of my life I knew I was not artistic in a visual way. The people in my family who can draw and paint amaze me. I left it to them, until recently. I am unsure as to what inspired me to begin painting, which led to sketching and drawing. I am happy for it. Painting soothes a part of me that writing does not. 

   People have commented that this has a Monet effect. That was not my intention. I was "experimenting". Just messing around. Playing with my new learning set of watercolors. Forcing myself out of my comfort zone while exploring a new and healthy hobby. I wrote the haiku on the back to explain this.