My youngest child Berit married her sweetheart Brian earlier this month. I gifted them with a watercolor portrait. Brian and Berit, ink and watercolor on 140 lb cold press watercolor paper, 9x12 This is the reference photo. Here's a very early stage of the painting. And me with the finished, framed piece:)
When I create a watercolor painting, sometimes the paper buckles and warps, depending how much water I use in the painting. This post shows how I flatten those warped paintings. Here you can see how my small paintings warped. Start with a flat board or surface. I'm using a clean piece of paper, too, because … Continue reading Flattening watercolor paintings 6.16.2022
This year I'm counting all the different birds I see each day. Not the number of birds I see, but the variety. I got the idea from one of Nikki McClure's instagram posts. She counted the variety of birds in a year, but I decided to go for it and count the variety for each … Continue reading counting birds 2.25.21
As part of my ongoing 2020 goal to finish all my WIP (work in process) paintings, I completed my oldest WIP! Yay me! I started this painting back in 2016. Before I had any watercolor instruction. The paper I used isn't even watercolor paper. And the paper's been taped to the board for so long … Continue reading elly and buckley watercolor 1.30.2020
Last year, I took a 6-week watercolor class. Although I earned an art degree in college with an emphasis in painting, I didn't take watercolor or oil classes during my college years. I've dabbled in watercolor on my own, but thought it was time I learned some 'real' watercolor techniques. And that's why I took … Continue reading watercolor 1.10.2019
Rachel Imsland, Artist 