Art2love -Watercolor by Jean

New neighbor...

2017-11-28T17:21:19Z

The house across the road, sold late this summer. It is a nice house with land set up with fenced pastures. The new people have two beautiful horses and I was able to take a bunch of photos with the idea of doing some watercolors in the future. This horse was very photogenic and I decided to paint him.

I'm really happy with how it came!

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I have always wanted to paint an Owl...

2017-10-30T15:24:06Z

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New calendars for 2018...

2017-10-24T15:07:37Z

I received my new calendars from Vistaprint that I had made up in two sizes. I was very pleased with how well they were printed. I have them on sale now at the Mispillion Art League and Gallery.

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Last class of my "Watercolor with Jean" series...

2017-10-24T14:56:00Z

This series went so fast. We had our last class this pass Monday.

I photographed a vase of flowers I picked from my garden. Bringing the photo to class I did a demo on how to paint it. My students started their paintings using the method I showed them. They only started paintings, so I didn't photograph them, but they promised to work on them during the break before our next series in the spring.

This is the finished demo I painted.

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More paintings by my students...

2017-10-17T15:04:41Z

Just one more class next week for my "Watercolor with Jean" fall series and my students have finished the paintings they were working on. It was really fun to teach intermediate painters this series. I think we both learned and experienced how interesting and beautiful using watercolor as a media can be. Here are some photos from my class.

This is a demo I did in class...

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Summer paintings...

2017-09-03T21:12:41Z

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Another little painting by me...

2017-06-06T15:45:01Z

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Four little paintings....

2017-05-17T20:51:32Z

Did four little paintings a while ago and forgot to post them. So here they are!

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Feeling inspired today!

2017-04-19T18:43:56Z

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Spring tulips...

2017-04-19T12:58:57Z

Our spring series of "Watercolor with Jean" started out with the inspiration of tulips. I love their shapes and colors. I enjoyed painting my interpretation of them just before classes began.

My first class, I shared my my enthusiasm for these flowers and gave the class a demo on where to begin. This is the finished demo from class.

These are the the beginning and finished tulip paintings of my students.

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Orchid Inspiration.....

2017-03-20T19:09:55Z

Using purples, blues and greens, I was inspired by my orchid plants to paint this for the next juried and judged show at the Mispillion Art Gallery.

Now i need to come up with a good name for it.

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Inspired today....

2017-02-23T20:08:52Z

Entered this painting in the spring judged/juried show at Mispillion Art League and Gallery and won an honorable mention ribbon.

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Putting on the Ritz...

2017-02-17T21:14:58Z

It's been a while since I posted, but I have been working on other projects. I saw this photo and I was inspired to paint it.

I've always loved the art deco period both in fashion and in jewelry. It was the desire to be happy and glamorous and it showed in both its colors and bling.

I am pleased with its outcome and will use copies in other projects.

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Watercolor with Jean class...fall 2016

2016-11-18T00:13:27Z

Another fun watercolor class last week. We worked on some fall leaf paintings. I did a painting at home as an example and then did a demo at class.

At home.

Demo at class.

I was able to photograph three student's paintings and then the battery on my camera died, so I will just post them.

One more class next week and then this series is complete.

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Watercolor with Jean class...fall 2016

2016-10-27T18:31:02Z

Our next project also used mixing the three primary colors and then painting a Pansy. I did the first example at home...

Then did a demo in class...

Again the class made their own Pansies.

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It's been a long time in posting...

2016-10-27T18:22:28Z

I started a new series of watercolor classes. It's been months since my last series so I started with a review of the color wheel and again mixing colors from the three primary colors. For some students it was new, so we spent a little more time on it.

I picked three peppers from my one plant in my small garden. They turned interesting shades of red, orange and green, so I photographed them with some nice lighting to create interesting shadows. They became the focus of our first project. I did a example at home...

and then a demo in class...

The students then created their own paintings of our peppers...

All in all it's been fun classes.

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Paintings by me...

2016-09-10T22:33:44Z

Just a play with color and how it can create the mood of the painting.

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