Friday, September 18, 2020

Two Wonderful Books and One Painting!


 I recently took delivery of two wonderful watercolor books, "Watercolor the Easy Way," by Sara Berrenson and "15-Minute Watercolor Masterpieces," by Anna Koliadych. I could not wait to get started and decided to use both for my next composition. I decided to design a cactus painting.

The book by Sara Berrenson has outlines to trace along with instructions and illustrations. The book by Anna Koliadych has illustrations and instruction. Both books are detailed.

I traced the large cactus in the Berrensen book onto watercolor paper and drew the two small succulents by hand from the illustrations in the Koliadych book. I followed the instructions from both books and added some knowledge I picked up from painting cactus previously.

I'm really very proud of the resulting painting!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2020/09/september-2020-anything-goes-woptional.html

http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2020/09/anything-goes-challenge_15.html 

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2020/09/morgans-artworld-challenge-9.html

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Great work!

aussie aNNie said...

Thank you for sharing your fabulous work of creativity over with us over at Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge. Love to see you join in each month.
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Annettes Hobby Rosettes said...

Another lovely project Carla. You are doing such a great job with these images.
Give yourself a pat on the back, lovely work.
Thank you for sharing with us over at Morgan's Artworld. We hope to see you again.
~ Annette DT

Arlene said...

Fantastic work on the cactus. Thank you for sharing with us over at Morgan's Artworld Challenge. We hope to see you again.
~ Arlene DT

Loose Stitches said...

Beautiful painting Carla! Thank you for sharing with us over at Morgan's ArtWorld. We hope to see you again.
~ Sherry DT/Admin/Coordinator xx

Chana Malkah said...

Very nicely done! I must get those books! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome painting with us at 613 Avenue Create!
Hugz,
Chana Malkah, Owner