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Showing posts with label Watercolors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Watercolors. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Y is For Yellow
If you woke up this morning and were wondering how to say "yellow" in Finnish it might be your lucky day. :)
Finnish: kelta-, keltainen
French: jaune
German: gelb
Greek: kitrino
Spanish: Amarillo
Greek: kitrino
Spanish: Amarillo
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Beatles Necklace Giveaway! A $34 Value From Jesse Anne Designs
Beatles Necklace Giveaway!
OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA, LIFE GOES ON
Item Description:
Beatles inspired "OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA, LIFE GOES ON" Necklace, on 20" silver tone chain with clear glass bead embellishment. Entire design and words on pendant are handpainted. The background is a beautiful cool pink toned watercolor wash,.!
The only mandatory entry is that you comment on this post! Earn extra entries by tweeting about any Beatles item in my Etsy shop. Here is what I have at the moment!
Friday, March 2, 2012
ALL Beatles Necklaces 25% OFF Now-March 9th
-Special *LUCKY YOU* MARCH SALE!-
~lowest prices of the year~
For one week only I will be running a sale for 25% off ALL of my Beatles necklaces over at Jesse Anne Designs on Etsy. Use coupon code "RINGO" at checkout to get 25% off your entire order when you buy one Beatles necklace!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Gwen Meyerson's Gallery on Etsy
Hello & Happy March! I wanted to shared with you some artwork I found today on Etsy by New York City artist Gwen Meyerson. She has put together a great collection of Cityscape, Figurative, and Urban paintings that are avaliable for sale in her shop.
She also has an online gallery that you can find here:
Here are my favorite picks from her current Etsy gallery. Enjoy!~
Monday, January 23, 2012
workweak
Here are my favorite picks by an artist in Boston named Dave Mahan. He uses ink on watercolor paper very often...a man after my own artistic heart.
Find him on Etsy at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/workweak
And Again:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/workweak
Find him on Etsy at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/workweak
And Again:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/workweak
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Elena Romanova, Watercolor Artist
Elena is a European watercolor artist that I think is truly remarkable and I wanted to share some of her creations with you. I love her animal and abstract work.
You can find her on the web over here: http://www.artollo.com/
Or visit her on Etsy at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/fairysomnia
You can find her on the web over here: http://www.artollo.com/
Or visit her on Etsy at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/fairysomnia
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Color Wheel
I am working really hard to set up some good color theory lessons for you all, just thought I would give you something pretty to look at in the mean time. This one is from tiger color...try making your own, it will help.
Brands I Love: Water Color Paints
I have used everything under the sun when it comes to watercolor paints and these are the brands I use and I only have good things to say about these few paints so let me speak of nice things....
Winsor & Newton:
I use these more than anything else and I wish I had some sort of disclaimer or warning as I would with any other paint but I just don't....Winsor & Newton are the bees knees. Seriously, the bees knees, you can't beat the prices, you get more than you pay for.
"Ancient oriental watercolors are characterized by their delicate hues. Now today's artist can journey back into time to create with the same timeless palette used by Japanese and Chinese artists 15 centuries ago.
Delicate and harmonious, the 48 Irodori colors are created using pure pigment in gum arabic for clean, crisp results that won't darken or muddy. Highly saturated, they granulate very freely, and are more opaque in the true Asian fashion. Available in 15 ml (0.5 oz) tubes."
Schmincke Hordam Aquarell Artist Watercolors:
Just bought the set of 12, and couldn't be more happy with my purchase. More German than I am...? Perhaps.
"Schmincke has been developing and manufacturing its Horadam line of watercolors since 1881, and the company is now owned by the fourth generation of the original family. Today the Horadam line includes 110 colors, 70 of them formulated with a single pigment. Each color has its own individually optimized formula.
Schmincke has a reputation for using only the highest-quality natural gums, water-soluble resins, and pigments. For example, the company uses only Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region, and distinguishes between good and bad harvests or "vintages" of this natural resin as it selects its raw materials."
I use these more than anything else and I wish I had some sort of disclaimer or warning as I would with any other paint but I just don't....Winsor & Newton are the bees knees. Seriously, the bees knees, you can't beat the prices, you get more than you pay for.
"Since 1832, when Henry Newton and William Winsor introduced the first moist watercolors to the world, much of Winsor & Newton’s reputation for supreme quality has stemmed from the Artists’ Watercolor range. More than 170 years later, the original Winsor & Newton moist watercolor continues to be formulated and manufactured according to the company’s founding principles — to create an unparalleled watercolor range that offers artists the widest and most balanced choice of pigments with the greatest possible permanence.
Through strict adherence to these founding principles, Winsor & Newton has achieved brilliance, transparency, and purity of color unparalleled by any other watercolor. For the 21st century, these key qualities are achieved through a combination of choice of raw materials, custom-made machinery, and expert formulation by experienced chemists and artists who have spent their working lifetimes formulating Artists’ Watercolor.
Today, the Winsor & Newton Artists’ Watercolor range benefits from continued advancements in pigment technology and production methods, building on the company’s already high standards to produce even brighter, more transparent, and more stable colors. Equally important, many of the formulations remain the same — proving that they cannot be bettered!"
Holbein Irodori-Antique Artist Watercolors:
Looking for the best ultra-marine around? Try Holbein Irodori-Antique Artist Watercolors...Once again, these are paints I am impressed with all the time. They are most perfect for Chinese techniques.
Delicate and harmonious, the 48 Irodori colors are created using pure pigment in gum arabic for clean, crisp results that won't darken or muddy. Highly saturated, they granulate very freely, and are more opaque in the true Asian fashion. Available in 15 ml (0.5 oz) tubes."
Schmincke Hordam Aquarell Artist Watercolors:
Just bought the set of 12, and couldn't be more happy with my purchase. More German than I am...? Perhaps.
Schmincke has a reputation for using only the highest-quality natural gums, water-soluble resins, and pigments. For example, the company uses only Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region, and distinguishes between good and bad harvests or "vintages" of this natural resin as it selects its raw materials."
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Dimdi Birds
By far one of the best Etsy shops to buy watercolor animal paintings would be Dimdi. Take a look...
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