Watercoloring...

My little forget-me-not cards done with watercolors.

Well, it's been a while! But man it's good to blog again... even if it's for ten minutes (before I fall asleep!). Painting takes energy, creative energy... which I don't seem to have much of at the end of the day, when I'm free to paint. Oil painting requires me to set up quite a few supplies and then clean up everything, so that's another reason why I haven't painted much with oils lately. BUT I'm happy to report that I have been painting SOMETHING... even if it's just for a few minutes here and there. I've been painting with watercolors. I never took a class where I learned well how to use watercolors, and they tend to do whatever they want on paper, so I'm still trying to figure out how to best work with them without getting too frustrated. It's been fun, though. Easy to use and easy to clean. In the last few weeks I painted these cute little cards with Forget-Me-Not flowers for a church event we're having next month.

Bueno, tanto tiempo! Pero que bien se siente poder escribir otra vez... aunque sea por diez minutos (antes de que me quede dormida!). Pintar requiere energia, energia creativa... de la cual me queda muy poquito al final del dia, cuando tengo tiempo para pintar. El pintar con oleos requiere que prepare varios elementos de trabajo y que limpie todo al terminar, otra razon por la que no he pintado mucho con oleos ultimamente. PERO estoy feliz de contarles que he pintado ALGO... aunque solo sea por unos minutos aqui y alli. He estado pintando con acuarelas. Nunca tome una clase de acuarelas, y medio que tienden a hacer lo que ellas quieren en el papel (mas alla de lo que una ponga con el pincel), asi que sigo tratando de ver como trabajar con este medio sin frustrarme tanto. Pero la verdad es que ha sido divertido. Se usa y se limpia facilmente. En las ultimas semanas pinte estas tarjetitas lindas de florcitas "No me olvides" para una actividad de la iglesia del mes que viene. 

Cute, huh? I painted 48 of them... not one is the same as the other. I like them!

Lindas, no? Pinte 48 tarjetitas... y ninguna es igual a la otra. Me gustan!

This afternoon, while the house was quiet and my little boy was painting with watercolors, I painted these little birds and house. Both ideas came from Pinterest. They were a study before painting on watercolor paper.

Esta tarde estaba tranquila la casa durante la siesta y mientras mi hijito pintaba con acuarelas, me sume y pinte estos pajaritos y esta casita. Ambas ideas las saque de Pinterest. Fueron como un estudio antes de pintarlas sobre papel de acuarela.

Bird inspiration from Lucia Stewart. Cottage inspiration from  Annabel Burton.

The inspiration for the birds I found on Pinterest, the original painter is Lucia Stewart.

 

The inspiration for the little cottage I found on Pinterest, the original painter is Annabel Burton.

Well friends, hope we connect again sooner than later. Have a great rest of the week!

Bueno amigos, espero que podamos conectarnos de alguna manera antes de que pase mucho tiempo. Que tengan un hermoso resto de la semana!

Candela