Daily art

When I say I create every day….I mean it! Whether it’s a quick 10 minute sketch or a full on creative work, I need to create in order to feel sane. You can follow my Fine Art instagram feed over on that site (and/or my craft/personal page), or just scroll through the art below!

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I could use your help! Not in rescuing me from a g

I could use your help! Not in rescuing me from a giant marauding pumpkin. But…

I’m getting closer to being ready to shoot a review/comparison of all the Stillman and Birn sketchbook papers … I’ve looked for info on them over the years, snd since I do like them I thought I’d get one of each to see what medium works best. They’re quite different papers.

If I can find a few more hours under the couch cushion, I wanna finish working through a few more mediums in each book…but what should I draw? List ideas and save me some thinking-/this months-long project has gotta end, and inktober would be a great time to get ‘er done.🥰

#pumpkin #scary #inkdrawing #inkdrawings #inkwash #halloween #sketch #sketchbook #inktober2021 #inktober

I love this quote—it’s just paper. So what if

I love this quote—it’s just paper. So what if the work isn’t perfect? Look at it as a learning experience, and you’ll try more new things. 🥰

#art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artistoninstagram #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #watercolor

Just a snippet from last week.🥰 The rest of it

Just a snippet from last week.🥰 The rest of it didn’t go so well.

#watercolor #watercolorpainting #sketch
#watercolour #watercolorflorals

What’s your favorite pencil? ✍🏻 Brand and/o

Thinking of how much has changed in 20 years. As t

Thinking of how much has changed in 20 years. As tragic as 9/11 was, I recall coming together in unity like I had never before seen, grieving and yet resolute. That has turned upside down over two decades into much hate and division. I pray we might come together again…but never at the hand of such violence.😞

#911 #911remembrance #newyork #nyc #watercolor #painting

Perfection is overrated. No pity parties…just ge

Perfection is overrated. No pity parties…just get back in the studio. 🥰

#artistsoninstagram #artist #artistsofinstagram #encouragement #encouragingquotes #tinytutorial

The sunshine is just streaming in the window today

Wishing you sunshine today! There’s a #tinytutor

Wishing you sunshine today! There’s a #tinytutorial for this sketch over at @sandyallnock — I’ll pop it in my story and Highlight too. ❤️🌞(you’ll see why it’s a half-and-half sketch.)

#tinytutorial #drawing #sketch #sketching #sun #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #tutorial

Let’s draw! Follow these simple steps…add any

Let’s draw! Follow these simple steps…add any feather details, shading, and color you feel comfortable with.

#howtodraw #howtodrawbirds #hummingbird #sketching #sketchbook #stepbystep #tutorial #tinytutorial #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #draeing

I’d love to be sitting on a dock. Alas…work.

I’d love to be sitting on a dock. Alas…work.

#watercolor #art #artist #painter

Sometimes it’s good to just laugh. Share if it m

Sometimes it’s good to just laugh. Share if it made you smile!

(Andy yes I know it’s complimentary)🤣

#artist #arthumor #artjokes #artjoke #complementarycolors #compliments #colortheory

Work in progress…I did some gel pen research thi

Work in progress…I did some gel pen research this week for my #tinytutorial over at @sandyallnock and something I already knew suddenly sunk in: gel pen ink is water-soluble. So I’m trying something…. 🐸

The gel pen tutorial is in my story and highlight. ✍🏻

#wip #workinprogress #whitepen #signouniball #art #frog #drawing

“Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep

“Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.”
― Anselm Kiefer

#watercolor #thoughts #art #painting #studio #inspirationalquotes #inspiration

When you can’t take a vacation… paint one!
🏝

#danielsmithwatercolors #watercolor #painting #watercolorpainting #palmtrees #islandlife

Are overwhelming obstacles are standing between yo

Are overwhelming obstacles are standing between you and your art?

Artists have always had struggles. From physical to financial to mental to even weather struggles , they’ve overcome. Nevertheless, generations of artists persisted. You can too!

Save this for the next time you need to remember you’re not the only one fighting for your art. 🥰

#artist #encouragement #arthistory #artistblock #mojo #persist #neverthelessshepersisted

New watercolor book alert! 🥰 My friend @kristyt

New watercolor book alert! 🥰 My friend @kristythepainter wrote it, and I created this sketch from her easy-to-follow instructions…there’s a reel over on my other account @sandyallnock — I’ve shared that in my Story for ya. 🥰

#artforjoysake #watercolor #book #watercolorpainting

Seek your soul today.💙 #art #artquotes #inspir

Seek your soul today.💙

#art #artquotes #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #beach #mist

One of these caught me by surprise… I didn’t k

One of these caught me by surprise… I didn’t know there was a name for it until I did a little research. Was there one that surprised you? More than one?

Check out the reel to see the drawing in pastel pencils!

#tinytutorial #shading #drawing #arttutorial #shadingtutorial #study #sketch #pastelpencils

A bit of a throwback…painted in @drphmartins wat

A bit of a throwback…painted in @drphmartins watercolor. 🥰

#watercolor #watercolour #drphmartinswatercolor #chickadees #birds #songbirds

Color draws me in….so I draw color. 🎨 #arts

Color draws me in….so I draw color. 🎨

#artsupplies #artsupplyaddict #watercolor #sketch #paint
#danielsmithwatercolours #danielsmithartistmaterials

Happy Monday, friends! Get out there and create am

Happy Monday, friends! Get out there and create amazing things this week🥰

Paints @danielsmithartistsmaterials
Paper @archespapers

#watercolor #painting #loosewatercolorflowers #loosewatercolorflorals #danielsmithwatercolors #artist #watercolorartist #flowers #bouquet

Sketching can drastically help out painting! We al

Sketching can drastically help out painting! We all know this, right? Why don’t we sketch first? 🤣

Earlier this week in a discussion about negative painting, I recommended sketching to help wrap your head around where to leave whites so you don’t overpaint. Hope this tutorial helps! Scroll back a few days to see the reel of this painting.

#tinytutorial #sketching #artist #watercoloring #art #watercolor

Where would YOU sign a painting like this? I’m g

Where would YOU sign a painting like this? I’m glad I signed it in pencil so I can change it, but…bleh. It might be why I don’t paint things with so much whitespace! 🤣 (See the process reel for a few steps in creating my fish.)

#worldwatercolormonth #worldwatercolormonth2021 #watercolor #fish #salmon #sockeyesalmon #sockeye #wildlife #wildlifeillustration #art #artist #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting

Do you paint in different styles, depending on the

Do you paint in different styles, depending on the subject?

I once dreamed of being a wildlife illustrator. My medium was colored pencil… but it takes so very long to create all the layers that I love to do so much. If I’m ever able to retire, I would really like to work on more pieces like that.

But in the meantime, figuring out what my style would be in watercolor for wildlife is a real challenge. You might see in a lot of my work I am loose and splashy, lots of dry brush texture, and I haven’t figured out how to marry that with the tight illustration style that I love for animals. Maybe it’ll be OK to have different styles for different subjects, but for the time being, I just keep trying all sorts of approaches to painting.

#worldwatercolormonth #worldwatercolormonth2021 #elephant #elephantfamily #africanelephants #watercolor #painting #art #artist #watercolorartist

An open cylinder like a bucket can have shadows th

An open cylinder like a bucket can have shadows that you don’t think follow the normal rules. They do, but it’s that concave shape that may confuse. 😎

#WorldWatercolorMonth #WorldWatercolorMonth2021 #Watercolor #Sketch #Buckets #Lesson #ArtLesson #Artist #ArtTeacher #tinytutorial

Heron, watercolor on paper, 11” x 15”. I just

Watercolor need not be hard! If you’ve struggled

Watercolor need not be hard! If you’ve struggled, just make some simple brushstrokes….and let the transparent properties of the paints do the work. ❤️ See the reel (previous post) to watch the brushstrokes plus get more tips— and then give it a try yourself! Tag me with your results 🥰

Paper: @archespapers rough
Watercolors: @danielsmithartistsmaterials
Brush: @winsorandnewton No8 round

#Watercolor #Painting #Art #Artist #WatercolorPainting #Leaves #Transparency #Green #DanielSmith #Danielsmithwatercolors #tinytutorial
#worldwatercolormonth #worldwatercolormonth2021

More tips on swatching after the reel in my last p

More tips on swatching after the reel in my last post:

▶️ I make a page for each of my palettes and date them. That way, years later if I need to figure out what I painted some thing with, I have an idea what I was using at the time. (Yes I change out colors from time to time!)
▶️ I don’t own all these tubes, lots were swatched from dot charts!
▶️Don’t use cheap paper for this — you want to see how the colors look on the paper you plan to paint on.
▶️The black line is there so you can see any opacity once the color dries.
▶️ The codes at the bottom: lightfastness, staining, granulation, transparency…then pigments.
▶️Most of my colors are Daniel Smith but I have a few other brands mixed in, and marked them with an initial.
▶️ A notebook with pages like this allows for adding more colors over time.

Hope this helps! I would love to see how you swatch colors… Post a pic on your page and tag me so I can come see!

#watercolor #watercolorpainting #worldwatercolormonth #worldwatercolormonth2021 #swatching

Does anybody but me draw mud?🤣 Here’s the sk

Does anybody but me draw mud?🤣

Here’s the sketch + reference for today’s reel. (previous post)

If I try to paint rocks or mud from memory, they come out looking cartoonish. But pulling out a photo or working outdoors helps me to see details that don’t sit in my memory. I’ve been obsessively painting mud puddles for months now, and it’s teaching me a lot about reflections, and what’s happening on the surface of water. Quite interesting!

#WorldWatercolorMonth2021 #Watercolor #Sketch #Sketchbook #Puddle #Reflection #WatercolorReflection #WatercolorPuddle #Mud #MudPainting

Did you know I have a @society6 shop? I don’t do

Finished sketch from today’s reel…hope that po

Finished sketch from today’s reel…hope that posting them as stills helps you.🥰

#worldwatercolormonth #worldwatercolormonth2021 #watercolor #negativepaintingtechnique #negativepainting #negativepaintingwatercolor #rocks #texture #milestones #milesdavis

My tiny flower painting for #worldwatercolormonth

My tiny flower painting for #worldwatercolormonth … I didn’t mention in the reel (previous post) a tip: use colors that aren’t staining when splattering. Then if you get a few dots of color elsewhere, you can easily wipe them up while wet.

#worldwatercolormonth2021 #watercolor #sketch

Would you try this? Making a small sample made me

Would you try this? Making a small sample made me want to do a large painting! 💦

It’s not so hard! See the reel that follows this post to see it painted.

#worldwatercolormonth #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorpainting #ocean #blue

So. Many. Trees. 🤣 yes, I got really tired of

So. Many. Trees. 🤣 yes, I got really tired of these trees by the end of this.

#worldwatercolormonth #Watercolor #worldwatercolormonth2021

Thanks to a question in a DM, I’ll start sharing

Thanks to a question in a DM, I’ll start sharing still of the daily Reel paintings this month for those wanting to zoom in or study details. 💦 (If you just came across this post and want to see the little video of this sketch, look at the previous post on my page.)

▶️sketchbook: @lakemichiganbookpress
▶️paint: @danielsmithartistsmaterials
▶️brush: @silverbrushltd

#worldwatercolormonth #worldwatercolormonth2021 #watercolorsketch

Keep it simple, keep it real.

Keep it simple, keep it real.

Magic. When I painted this waterfall a few months

Magic.

When I painted this waterfall a few months ago, I found myself amazed at the way it came together. It wasn’t work. It wasn’t hard. Yes it took time and effort, but somehow I was at one with the paint and paper and brushes. It was as if I knew how to create each effect I was looking for.

That doesn’t happen all the time. But when it does… Pure magic. It’s what keeps me painting.

#Art #Artist #artistsofinstagram #ArtistOnInstagram #Watercolor #WatercolorPainting #WatercolorArtist #watercolorpainter #Watercolorist #Inspiration #WhyIPaint #Landscape #Waterfall #Trees #Reflection

With the days getting hotter one by one, does look

With the days getting hotter one by one, does looking at water make anyone any cooler? We’ll have 100F by Sunday!?!

#watercolor #watercolorpainting #greenwater #greenwaters #pugetsound #burien #dockside #boatyard

The epic doodle I shared a peek at is on YT today…at least part of it—along with my thoughts on what on earth I get out of doing drawings of utter nonsense. I’d been asking myself “why?” and now have an answer. ❤️

Link is over on my @sandyallnock since this account still hasn’t got enough followers for that. 🥰

Just a little eye candy as we inch toward #worldwa

Just a little eye candy as we inch toward #worldwatercolormonth 💦 I’ll be posting tons of watercolor (daily reels I hope!) on this account throughout July, so follow along — but wear an apron/-it might get splashy and wet!

Colors by @danielsmithartistsmaterials created on a full sheet of watercolor paper. (Btw DS has a newly designed website—worth a look-see at danielsmith.com ! #Watercolor #Swatches #watercolorswatches #swatching #testingcolor #color #colorstudies #studio #artstudio

Does anybody know what these silicon brushes are f

Does anybody know what these silicon brushes are for? I dragged them through some wet acrylic on yupo… is that the kind of thing they’re for? Making marks? 🤷🏼‍♀️ (yes I bought things that I didn’t know what to do with again)

“Which watercolor paper should I start with?”

“Which watercolor paper should I start with?”

I’ve often started out with the cheapest supplies I can find. But I have learned that techniques I wanted to practice from classes just never seemed to work. I thought I was a failure. I thought I would never learn.

On a lark I would upgrade my supplies — or even borrow a sheet of paper from someone to try. And I am almost always amazed at the difference that good paper can make! My washes and my edges in watercolor suddenly looked a lot more elegant. I didn’t fight the blooms like I did on the student grade paper. It was amazing!

Student-grade papers like the Canson XL that I use have their place. For a lot of watercolor pens, watercolor pencils, or when I want to combine pen and ink drawings with a little watercolor, that stuff is just perfect. But I highly recommend that you try out some cold press paper, 100% cotton. I can fully recommend Arches and Saunders Waterford— there are lots of brands that aren’t 100% cotton, so don’t judge your watercolor skills by your paper if you haven’t tried either of these two. Saunders has a softer surface and dries at a different rate, but both are most excellent!

Y’all owe your thanks to @mona.toth who asked this just the other day… her Q prompted me to put this mini tutorial together! I’ll be doing more of these in the future if you like it?

The next post in my feed will be the demo of each of these papers, so be sure to check that out!
#Watercolor #Paper #WatercolorPaper #Tutorial #CarouselTutorial #ArtTutorial #Artist #Art #WatercolorPainting #Painting #watercolour #watercolors #WatercolorSketch #WatercolorArt

Daily sketching is not just some thing I say to do

Daily sketching is not just some thing I say to do… It’s something I try to do! I brought in a few of my roses and found that the paper in this sketchbook is terrible for a color pencil… I kept trying different things with the sketch and just never felt like I nailed it. I’m also realizing that I really don’t like polychromos for flowers—the range of reds is pretty abysmal. But… how to go onto the work that I was supposed to be doing today instead of gardening and sketching! 🤣 #procrastination

Playing with the new Chiku-rin ink I filled up wit

Playing with the new Chiku-rin ink I filled up with last week. (Scroll back a few posts to see how the pen is filled.)

#Art #Artist #FountainPen #FountainPens #twsbieco #Drawing #Doodling #Pink #PenAndInkDrawing #PenAndInkArt #Sketchbook #DailySketchbook #sketchbookdailypractice

It’s quite the dreary rainy day here…how’s i

It’s quite the dreary rainy day here…how’s it where you are? Does the weather affect what you paint or draw, either subject or colors?

Paper: @archespapers cold press
Paints: @danielsmithartistsmaterials

#watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolors #watercolorartist #artist #art #paintallthethings #danielsmithwatercolors #danielsmithwatercolor

Flashback to a colored pencil drawing from, well,

Flashback to a colored pencil drawing from, well, a lot of years ago. 🥰 Like, decades.

I still remember seemingly endless nights layering colors, and going back to rework areas that had appeared done earlier. It was a real learning process about patience!

This is @prismacolor on Bristol….a particular kind that isn’t made any longer. But just finding this photo in my phone reminds me that I still have some of the stash I bought before stores had run out—yes I hoarded even back then! I might go find it and try it again, see if it’s as great as I remember it was.

#coloredpencil #prismacolor #bristol #bigcats #cougars #cubs

Do you ever wonder if the early steps should have

Do you ever wonder if the early steps should have been the finished piece?

#sketch #pencildrawing #pencil #pencilsketch #pencilart #sketchbook #sketchbookdrawing #sunflowers #stilllife #stilllifedrawing

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