New Dry Creek Bed & Planting

Woodland garden and dry creek bed

I have been wanting to tackle this barren area for years and decided I could at least move a few plants I could spare from my backyard. I have no irrigation to the area, so I waited for the beginning…

PNW Landscape Watercolor

PNW Landscape watercolor

Playing around again with landscape painting. I intended for this to be more abstract, but it morphed into more of a literal piece. It reminds me of the Cascade mountain range here in the Pacific Northwest.

New Watercolor Studio Set-up

Watercolor painting studio set-up

I wasn’t using my studio to paint because I enjoyed being in the living room while painting, so I finally set up a painting studio in the corner of the living room with quality daylight for most of the day…

Earth Tones Palette Update (again)

Earth Tones watercolor palette 2021

After creating my Autumn palette, I decided to swap out a few more colors in my Earth Tones palette. I have been wanting to experiment with creating natural textile textures in watercolor, such as the natural color variations and patterning…

Autumn & Earth Tones Watercolor Palettes

Autumn and Earth Tones watercolor palette swatch cards

Now that we’re officially into Fall, I assembled a vibrant Autumn watercolor palette. It consists of all Roman Szmal Aquarius paints and leans heavily on greens, yellows and oranges with lots of jewel tones. In addition, I’m augmenting it with…

Tidal Circle Watercolor & Embroidery

Tidal Circle abstract watercolor and embroidery

I took my tidal Circle abstract watercolor painting and embellished it with embroidery to add texture and dimension, as if meteors and debris are floating around a galaxy. Here is a scan of the original watercolor.