Water colors 7

Welcome to the seventh installment of the water colors project, and this time I will show you examples from the 13th batch. As I am writing this I am producing the 14th!

I have forgotten to tell you that the course finished in December, and the reason why I am continuing with the water colors is because I really want to finish what I have started. But, I am nearing the end of plants to draw and paint!

Take care!

Butomus umbellatus

Calla palustris, this might be the best drawing and painting of mine to date!

Caltha palustris

Iris pseudacorus, when I was choosing among the paintings I was not really sure if I was to choose this one, but I did because it has something that I can not put my finger on; basically I like it!

Trapa natans

Water Colors 6

After the holidays I thought it was time for some new water colors and this time it will be selections from batches eleven and twelve. When I made these I noticed an increase in skill both in drawing and painting.

Take care!

Wisteria sinensis

Fallopia baldschuanica

Hedera helix

Humulus lupus

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Parthenocissus inserta

Anemone x hybrida, this one and the rest of the paintings are from the twelfth batch.

Echinacea purpurea, I selected this one because this is one of my favorite flowers.

Hemerocallis, this one is my personal favorite, the drawing works and the painting also, at least according to me.

Hosta, I like this drawing and painting too...

Liatris spicata

Rudbeckia fulgida v. sullivantii 'Goldsturm', this is also one of my favorites, I get happy when I see them.

Water colors 5

Well, another week is coming to an end and I would like to treat you to some water colors! Today it will be examples from batches nine and ten!

Take care!

Santolina chamaecyparissus

Plectranthus scutellarioides

Tropaeolum majus, the above three paintings are from the ninth batch and the following from the tenth.

Antirrhinum majus

Begonia x tuberhybrida

Brugmansia suaveolens

Lathyrus odoratus, when I started painting this one and especially the leaf, I noticed that it was a really good drawing and that I really didn't want to make a mess of it with the paint!

Nicotiana sylvestris

Water colors 4

Another week is coming to an end and the weekend is so close you can almost touch it, the best feeling ever! Before you start your weekend I offer you a short break with four small paintings. This time they come from the seventh and eighth batches.

Somewhere along this project I realized that green is quite a complicated color. The bought colors of green did not really to the trick. It was when I started to blend my own greens that I sort of got the hue right. So, a piece of the learning curve so far is to mix my own greens!

Take care!

Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea

Pullmonaria saccharata

Ipomea batatas

Euphorbia graminea Diamond Frost

Water colors 3

It's time for a break, it's time for...water colors! Welcome to the third post with water colors of flowers and leaves! This time I've chosen works from the fifth and sixth bathes. Due to an update my scanner will not function, so this time I've taken photos of them...

When I chose works for these posts I go with gut feeling and also what I think of the quality of the drawing and painting, because I do not want to waste your time with sub par works! ;-) 

Caragana arborescens

Salix caprea 'Kilmarnock'

The following three works are from the sixth batch, Helianthus annuus.

Petunia x hybrida

Tagetes erecta

Water colors 2

Hi!

The week is coming to an end and you know what time it is? Yeah, it's water color time!!! I will now treat you to samples from the third and fourth batches. Just earlier today I came to think of the fact that I mention my works of art as batches...well, a small price for being productive I guess! ;-)

Enjoy and take care!

Brunnera macrophylla, when looking at these three paintings one (or I) can see an improvement in both drawing and painting.

Dicentra formosa, when I made the first paintings I needed so much water that there were pools of paint in my water color set, now the pools have diminished and it seems that I find the correct color faster.

Lamprocapnos spectabilis, I think this is one of my favorite flowers.

Betula pendula 'Youngii', the following ones are from the fourth batch, I chose this one for I like the painting, it looks like it has been done in a jiffy and has a feeling of improvisation and lightness.

Prunus 'Acolade', here was the first time when I noticed that my drawing skills started to improve...

Prunus x eminens 'Umbraculifera', ...and this time the painting improved also...

Salix euxina 'Bullata', I'm not sure but I like this one...!

Water colors

Hello there!

Since February of this year I am studying a gardening course at Fristad Folkhögskola, close to Borås here in Sweden. I have been working in the business for a few seasons now and came to the conclusion that it would be a positive thing to do that course that could eventually land me a great job!

As a part of this course we are expected to learn about flowers and plants and so on. To help me do that I started to do small drawings and paintings of them. I made them for it is easier for me to learn them, and to sort of, get to know them. I did NOT make them to save time...! Mark my words these bundles of joy are time consumers of the highest degree!

I will now treat you to a selection of my best ones, starting with the first and second batches of water colors.

Starting out I took whatever water color paper I had at home and ran with it! Here you see Populus tremula. I will only write the scientific name for them, for it is easier for the reader to search for information on the plant or flower or tree with that name instead with a Swedish one. 

Sorbus aucuparia, when I made these paintings I realized that the quality of the paper was really bad, I could only paint a few times, or get the paper wet about three or four times before it dissolved!

Hepatica nobilis

Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Narcissus poeticus

Allium sphaerocephalon, here I used a better paper! Even though art is not a material sport, and I do not like to spend too much money on art supplies, mainly because I do not think I can do them justice; but, it is awfully nice to work with materials of good quality!

I hope you liked them, when I browsed through them I could see that my skills have increased, which means that later additions will look even better!

Take care!