Every so often there’s a drawing that pushes outside of it’s boundary. You can start off with intentions of a vertical piece and the conversation suddenly begins to stretch outside of the box. This applies as much to life as it does an exercise in drawing. Above are two drawings that married each other simply […]
View post →It’s been a great couple of days drawing the model in our advanced drawing class! This drawing was made with watercolor, pastels and coffee. Really enjoying the drawing! Margaret Hurst
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I really enjoy getting into the details. Putting down as much information as I can in selective areas. Charcoal & Ink Wash. Eddie Peña
View post →I illustrated a few ANANSI Stories a while back. Â An example of one of the illustrations is in the One Watercolor A Day book. For the title of the book I made some watercolor letters. It seemed to fit in well with the rest of the stories and the illustrations and I enjoy making patterns. […]
View post →Watercolor with pastel accents. -despina
View post →Happy New Year! Eddie Peña
View post →The Rose of Peace that the messenger was delivering last week. Wishing everyone Peace in their lives for 2014, and always. Margaret Hurst
View post →An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause […]
View post →A Messenger brings a rose of peace for the Holidays. Margaret Hurst
View post →A similar, but different picture, of the canal watercolor in our One Watercolor A Day book, from Venice, Italy. Venice is by far one of the most beautiful cities I’ve seen and drawn. I could look at and draw and paint gondoliers, gondolas and canals forever and love every minute of it! Va bene! Margaret […]
View post →Birds that stick around for the winter. I like them. ~Despina Last chance! Join by midnight to win a free book! See below for details. FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY! In our new Facebook group, One Watercolor A Day, (view it HERE) we’ll be encouraging readers to follow along with the exercises on a weekly […]
View post →Did you ever feel a tiny raindrop trickle down from the sky and land upon your cheek when there is no rain in sight, and wonder where it came from when the day is sunny and bright? Did you ever hear someone clearly call out your name, and when you turned to look there’s […]
View post →Here’s a little fantasy about hippo at a holiday party with the people of his village. ~Despina FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY! In our new Facebook group, One Watercolor A Day, (view it HERE) we’ll be encouraging readers to follow along with the exercises on a weekly basis, and post their results. We’d love to see […]
View post →Dear Charlie, … Was it just 365 days ago when we met? I never imagined how much you would change my life. From the way I spend my days to the way I dream at night. The joy in your laughter is infectious and the wisdom in your eyes, understood. You are truly a gift […]
View post →On one of many trips to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, I began to draw some grass and leaves and then a butterfly lit on one of the leaves I was drawing. The butterfly was so beautiful I thought it would be nice to create many of them. So I wet some leaves with watercolor […]
View post →A watercolor painted at the New York Botanical Gardens with a little bit of writing underneath about our first amendment rights. Margaret Hurst FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY! In our new Facebook group, One Watercolor A Day, (view it HERE) we’ll be encouraging readers to follow along with the exercises on a weekly basis, and post their results. We’d love […]
View post →The other night I went to a chocolate and wine tasting. Sweet, smokey, citrusy, spicy, peachy, leathery, creamy, gritty, smooooth. Words that sometimes would state the obvious and at other times would awaken the flavor on my taste buds just by reading the words during the tasting. Strange how that works. This is an I-Pad […]
View post →Obviously my past few posts have been leading up to a month of watercolors. For the fun of it I am going to try and do one watercolor a day and post them on my personal blog. I’ll post them before next Thursday when I am up again. And after a little hiatus we have […]
View post →Watercolor painting of a flower. Eddie Peña Following the philosophy of our previous book, One Watercolor A Day is not a step-by-step or how-to book, but rather, a book that encourages the reader to use our art and suggestions as a point of departure for self-discovery and creativity through the art of watercolor. Meant for beginner artists […]
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