Work In Progress Wednesday: "Retro Pop"

"Retro Pop" work in progress  11" x 12" watercolor by Carrie Waller

Today I'm sharing my progress with you:))  Can't wait to share the finished painting with you on Monday!  I absolutely love the colors in this painting and I can't wait to do some more in this series.  I do have to take a break in there and get ready for a workshop I'm teaching on Friday.  I'm trying a new painting with this workshop and I'll tell you all about it next week.

I do hava couple spots available in my "All That Shines:  The Art of Painting Glass in Watercolor" May 15-17th workshop in Baton Rouge, LA.  That will probably be my last workshop in the United States for a while since we are packing up and moving to Japan.

Carrie

"Tuscan Inspired" Day 12/30

"Tuscan Inspired" 6" x 8" watercolor by Carrie Waller
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Sunflowers are my favorite flower.  So when we were on a road trip and drove past a field of sunflowers you know we had to turn around and go tromping around in that field of sunflowers.  I'm calling this one "Tuscan Inspired" because I sure would like to be tromping around in a field of Tuscan sunflowers right about now:)

Carrie

Work In Progress Wednesday: Emerald Waters and Gallery Pictures

"Emerald Waters" 6" x 9" watercolor by Carrie Waller

My gallery wall at Local Colour

Thought I would share with you my in progress pictures of "Emerald Waters".  I also have a picture of my gallery wall, you can see all the results of all my painting mania:)

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