Manatee

Greetings: The prompt for day 10 of #watercolormonth is Ocean creatures. I’ve chosen the gentle Manatee as my subject.

Size: 6″ x 8″ watercolor and watercolor pencils

Gentle Manatee
Glides through the shallow waters
with the calm currents.

Playful Cat

Shiny Things is the World Watercolor Month prompt for July 7. Giving shiny things some thought, It occurred to me that cats are intrigued with shiny objects. So I enjoyed my morning warm up painting a playful cat.

Loose and Free

Prompt #5 for World Watercolor Month , today,  is
Loose and Free.

Red Scarf. 5″ x7″ watercolor and watercolor pencil

Have a Beautiful Day!

 

 

The Star of the Picnic!

Prompt #3 for World Watercolor Month is Picnic Food. 

In my opinion, the watermelon is the star of the picnic meal. This is my contribution for #worldwatercolormonth Day 3

Juice rolls down my chin,
the watermelon delights.
Spit out seeds, worth it.

6″ x 8″ watercolor, watercolor pencil

 

Sunrise through the trees

Good morning – Yesterday I was experimenting with a straw and blowing the watercolor to develop trees. I chose this one, because I like how the strands of paint made the shapes of branches. The 03 Micron black pen was used to sketch on top of the paint for more dimension and the background is watercolor pencil.

8″ x 6″ watercolor

Trees of Color

Very soon Autumn will bring a palette of color spreading across our lands.

Temperatures will change
Chlorophyll starts to break down
Color bursts on trees

8″ x 6″ Watercolor and watercolor pencil.

 

 

Bonsai

I have an affinity toward Bonsai trees. I’m planning on taking a class on the care and growing of a Bonsai tree. This is my morning warm up contribution to your day.

8″ x 6″ watercolor and watercolor pencil

 

Shining Honeycreeper

Good morning…The swirling watercolor background was intended for a mosaic. But, when I painted the Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus), on black paper, I thought the combination looked very tropical. The Honeycreeper is found in Central America.

I ‘ll be on a vacation for a few days, so I’ll be posting again at the end of next week. Have a good week ahead.

5″ x 7″ watercolor (Derwent Intense Blocks)

Sun and Bird

Suns and Birds, I seem to draw and paint them a lot. Another piece of art making for a series of greeting cards. #worldwatercolormonth

This version was posterized

Rainbows

It is going to be another scorcher today, so stay cool and swim. #worldwatercolormonth

Watercolor, black pen on a tissue paper background.