Sketching in the park

Yesterday I had wonderful time with my husband in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park here in Reno. The park was such an eye-candy: fall has painted the trees in beautiful bright colors and the air was crisp and clear. It was a perfect chance to enjoy the moment with a sketchbook in my hands. To my utter joy, there happened to be a lot of canada geese pasturing on autumn grass. I felt so great walking close to the wild nature! Finally, I was lucky enough to have one of geese posing for me long enough to make a sketch :)




My husband took this picture as I was sketching some scene

Ashberry

Every now and then during the fall I feel a desire to paint an ashberry. For me, there is no other thing that has more autumn look than this fabulous tree.
9'' x 12'' on Utrecht watercolor paper

Ranunculuses

It is another day, and I am still trying to make friends with fabriano paper. I used beautiful ranunculuses as an object for the watercolor this time. Their inspiring warm colors remind me of the wonderful summer days left behind.
12'' x 9''

Rose bouquet

A rose bouquet I painted from my imagination using as many as two new things: Fabriano artistico hot press watercolor paper and 1'' oval squirrel blend brush.
16''x 12''

Lilac - SOLD

Experimenting is always a lot of fun, and I often use different sorts of paper. Sometimes, this ends in a disappointment, but most of the time painting on new paper is inspiring and gives a different feeling of the process. Today, I decided trying a Watercolor Canvas. And this is how it turned out



Watercolor canvas seems to be nice to work with. The only disadvantage, in my opinion, is that it creases and wrinkles during the process. I have never stretched a paper before and I thought that using tape for sticking canvas to a flat surface should stop it from wrinkling. However, that did not work out that well :) Nonetheless, I do not give up on watercolor canvas and going to keep painting on it.

Mono Lake

A watercolor inspired by my trip to the wonderful Mono Lake located in California's spectacular Eastern Sierra.
Beautiful blue sky reflects in the calm and smooth surface of the lake's waters. The lake is surrounded by silence, which only the gulls break occasionally
13'' x 10''

A bunch of flowers - SOLD

Another watercolor without a preliminary sketch
14''x10'' on Lanaquarelle rough paper