Summer Rose

"Summer Rose" 4.5" x 5.5" original watercolor by Carrie Waller
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"Summer Rose" is Day 17/30.  Steven, my oldest son, picked this for me out of his Grandma's garden and they cut a water bottle down to make the cutest little bud vase.   Just goes to show you that even a water bottle is beautiful!

Carrie

Introspection

Introspection, 6" x7" original watercolor on Arches 260lb by Carrie Waller

Hi Everyone,

So I got a little distracted this week and completely abandoned my painting from last week to start another one.  Of course I will be coming back to my glowing jars, but I got a little antsy and decided to participate in DPW challenge from last week.  Confession time, I get really frustrated with the DPW challenges because I feel like they are geared toward oil painters a majority of the time.  I am probably the only one that feels that way, it's just my opinion anyway.  So, I was pleasantly surprised that last weeks challenge was to paint a rose, and you could use your own photo reference and not confined to someone else's mediocre photo.  I just so happened to be sitting on some great photos of roses that my husband's Aunt had sent me.  So I allowed myself to start a new painting as long as I started and finished in one day.  I did it:) 

I will have to say after painting in yellow I remembered that yellow is a difficult color to paint with in watercolor.  It's very easy to lose the glow and end up with mud.  It is also extremely difficult to photograph, but it was a fun exercise and a happy distraction with that said,  I promise to have more work in progress pictures of my ball jars on Wednesday.

Carrie