Recent watercolors

I think it’s about time to show you some of my recent watercolors. I am self-taught and just practice for fun, but in the long run, I do come out with some fairly decent projects, which people call charming, colorful and interesting. The scenes you see here are all from my own imagination, introducing also some animals, birds, flamingos, cockatiels, deer and egrets. Water coloring is much more difficult than acrylic or oil painting. Because once you water the paper and  place some color with the brush, you don’t have much time to finish the section  you are painting – just make sure that particular section is done as you need it to appear, and walk away to let it dry. Then come back in 10 to 15 minutes and continue with another section. Some painters use a hair-dryer to let the painting dry quickly, but obviously I don’t have one. And going to buy one, any salesperson would look at me, wondering why on earth a bald guy is buying a hair-dryer. So I patiently let the whole painting dry before I pick up where I left before. I have been also practicing how to improve my trees, different styles and techniques. 

Each of these paintings took anywhere between 3 to 4 hours to complete. My personal favorite is the first one called ‘Houses.’ The second one is a series of churches, then you can appreciate a peaceful scenes with trees and birds on a sunset lake, including one with a few bird-houses nestled among hollyhocks. The last one shows a wintry scene with a mama deer with her baby fawn.

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