Friday, December 7, 2012

Watercolor


As a child, I was always drawing, mostly I drew animals. In Jr. High school I had a fantastic art teacher. A very multi-talented teacher. I was so lucky.

This is one of my first watercolor paintings.  A painting that was done before I moved here over 25 years ago. I had forgotten about it.  In clearing out my house, I have found a lot of things I had forgotten about.  I began my art with an illustration class at the local university (ISU) and from there I began to use watercolor. Living in a twin cities and a 2 university town gave us a lot of class options.

I don't remember what I used for the subject, if it was real or a picture.  I am having fun with the art and will do much more of it in the future.  Pastels are a good medium that I enjoy also.


This is a 9 x 12 painting.

Be sure and visit the other wonderful artists on Paint Party Friday.

Blessings,
Janet

25 comments:

  1. What a beautiful painting, and how fun to discover something you created a long time ago. Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Beatiful! Love the softness and the pretty colors!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Isn't it fun to find old paintings...I really like it, it's kind of funky, shabby chic with the green and pink cabbage roses.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love this painting. I have similar lamps in my studio. Now I have to go look for the two. Nice job Janet. Love it.

    ReplyDelete
  5. It must have been a sweet treat to find paintings from long ago. :) And...there is nothing better than a good teacher!

    ReplyDelete
  6. This is really beautiful How much fun to find you art that brings back happy memories.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Janet, your lamp painting is really well done. I hope to see more watercolors from you! HPPF !

    ReplyDelete
  8. Beautiful lamp- I like the detail of the flowers!
    Happy PPF,
    Stephanie

    ReplyDelete
  9. Wonderful lamp! How cool that you found this. I get excited when I find something like that because it is like stepping back in time to me! Happy PPF!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Your lamp is lovely. I used to have one very similar but the main color was yellow. I started painting with watercolors. Now, I have fallen in love with pastels. They can be messy but so much fun.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Your lamp is so striking I love the detail...what a great find after so many years. Happy PPF!

    ReplyDelete
  12. So fun to go back and revisit old works. It really shows us from where we came. Lovely piece. Happy PPF

    ReplyDelete
  13. oooh your lamp is gorgeous. Happy PPF, Annette x

    ReplyDelete
  14. love the colors. it's fun to go back in time!

    ReplyDelete
  15. i love the color. it's fun to go back in time!

    ReplyDelete
  16. What a lovely watercolor painting.
    Love the fluidity and the brushstrokes!
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

    ReplyDelete
  17. How fun to rediscover the art of your past! Lovely work. Happy PPF!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Beautiful! I actually have a lamp that looks much like this:)Happy PPF!

    ReplyDelete
  19. So fun to stumble on pieces that you've forgotten about. This lamp is lovely! You did an amazing job for only having just started out.

    Happy PPF!

    ReplyDelete
  20. Great job for your first watercolor! I love them but they are such a hard medium to work with. I've played with pastels also and found them to be a lot of fun to work with.

    ReplyDelete
  21. The lamp painting is wonderful. If this is something you painted many years ago - I am sure that your more current work is fabulous.

    ReplyDelete
  22. What a great watercolor! And great memories of your art-making.
    Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  23. Its great to look at old paintings that you havent seen for a while and see how your style has changed over the years:)

    ReplyDelete
  24. Good memories have added to the charm of your work!

    ReplyDelete