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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Watercolor - florals




Inspired by a visit to our botanical garden I've been painting some flowers. I'm not sure what these are called - bleeding hearts? Have to ask mum...

Edited; Thanks Lin and Laurel - the are Fuchsia and nothing else! (I am terrible with flowers - my husband takes care of our plants - and has to write me notes for what to do with them if he's away...)

 Again I wanted to try the difference between different kinds of paper. The first one is painted on Cotman's 300gr watercolor paper. It's a very smooth paper that I find really nice for florals and furry animals. The second one is on Arches 300gr Rough grain. It's a paper I absolutely LOOOVE - especially for lanscape scenes. I'm not sure which one I like the best this time though - I like the smoothness on the flowers on the first but the texture on the leaves and background on the second (-:

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

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13 comments:

  1. Lisa EltonJuly 22, 2014 at 1:23 PM

    What a gorgeous work of art!! You are a master card maker AND watercolor artist!!

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  2. Laurel BeardJuly 22, 2014 at 1:31 PM

    Dude, I am completely speechless! HOly smokes.

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  3. Miriam PrantnerJuly 22, 2014 at 2:14 PM

    Oh these might just be my favorite yet! Gorgeous! Seriously you don't have to do ANY Christmas shopping this year!

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  4. ~amy~July 22, 2014 at 2:15 PM

    Karin, you're amazing.

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  5. LinJuly 22, 2014 at 3:07 PM

    I love them, Karin! I think they're fuschia?

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  6. LaurieJJuly 23, 2014 at 9:17 AM

    Absolutely beautiful. You are so talented. And they are fuchsia.

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  7. Colleen DietrichJuly 23, 2014 at 11:36 PM

    Leaving me speechless here! The fuchsia look sooooooo pretty against that blue background.

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  8. Indy's DesignsJuly 24, 2014 at 6:27 AM

    Wow! This is another great piece of art!
    Hugs,
    Debbie

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  9. MarybethJuly 24, 2014 at 4:44 PM

    You know I think you are amazingly talented , Karin and these are beautiful!!!! I think I like the first one with a bit of white showing but I love them all!

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  10. karen hJuly 28, 2014 at 3:31 AM

    Oh my word - this is stunning! One of my favorites! If you have all these lovely paintings laying around you could open an etsy shop ;)

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  11. SonjaKAugust 1, 2014 at 2:18 PM

    Oh my gosh. What a painting! It's just brilliant. I'm absolutely speechless.

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  12. Angela FehrAugust 6, 2014 at 2:37 AM

    This is lovely, Karin! Love the bright light colours on the darker background, and all the pretty fluid areas. I like using Arches cold press because it's just a little smoother for detail work.

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  13. jc2711August 23, 2014 at 12:58 PM

    Gosh this is beautiful :) Yes they are fuschias

    Jackie

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