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Watercolor Baby Animals

October 29, 2018 By Colleen 5 Comments

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I wanted to share with you these cute little Watercolor Baby Animals today. I have a lot to learn about painting animals in watercolor, but the process is so much fun! I’m trying to remember the very first animal I painted. It must’ve been in 1999 or 2000 or thereabouts. It wasn’t the very first […]

Filed Under: my paintings, My Stuff, Watercolor

How to Paint Sunflowers – Easy Watercolor Project

August 7, 2018 By Colleen Leave a Comment

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There’s just something about sunflowers. They’re bright and cheery and . . . easy to paint! If you’re saying, “sure, sure, Colleen”, bear with me while I show you How to Paint Sunflowers with watercolors! Written instructions are below along with a video at the bottom. Supplies sunflower pattern Pencil 140 lb. cold pressed watercolor […]

Filed Under: How To & PIY, Paint Types, Tutorials, Watercolor

How to Paint a Peony with Watercolors – Video

June 13, 2018 By Colleen 2 Comments

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How to Paint a Peony with Watercolors Are you a peony lover? They’re such a beautiful flower, which makes trying to paint them a daunting task. But I did. Try, at least. The entire time I had my flower shop I never, not once, ordered any peonies, nor did my customers. Granted, that was another […]

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Spring Favorites Printable – FREE!

March 12, 2018 By Colleen 11 Comments

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Free Spring Favorites Printable

Filed Under: Illustrations, my paintings, My Stuff, printables, Watercolor

Watercolor Perfume Bottle

February 19, 2018 By Colleen 5 Comments

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I painted this Watercolor Perfume Bottle quite a while ago and never shared it. As I was editing the photos I had some questions. Are you a big time perfume person? Do you have a ‘signature’ scent or maybe a few? Or do you just buy whatever smells good at any given time? I’m none […]

Filed Under: Illustrations, my paintings, My Stuff, Watercolor

A Tale of Painting Collard Greens . . . and a dog

June 6, 2016 By Colleen 6 Comments

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Painting collard greens took three times before they looked right. The dog, however, was a very patient model.

Filed Under: my paintings, My Stuff, Paint Canvas, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types, Watercolor

Spring Watercolor Flowers . . . and other smells.

April 25, 2016 By Colleen 9 Comments

Spring Watercolor Flowers

Handpainted spring watercolor flowers and a couple anecdotes that have nothing whatsoever to do with flowers.

Filed Under: my paintings, My Stuff, Paint Types, Watercolor

Free Watercolor Printable Card

April 12, 2016 By Colleen 5 Comments

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Use this pretty watercolor printable of flowering quince and a hummingbird to make a 5 x 7 greeting card

Filed Under: Paint Types, printables, Watercolor

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