My First Submisdion to P.A.D.
Hi all,
I'm Jenn and I'm a watercolor & mixed media artist. My first painting here is a macro flower. I just loved the color of this flower so I decided to capture it with a little artistic vision thrown in, lol. A painting/drawing a day is such a great idea, I tend to be a procrastinator and allow the rest of life overwhelm me. I want to create more art, it's what I WANT to do, not what I should do.
Here's my piece.
Artist: Jennifer McLean
Medium: Holbein watercolors
Paper: Arches 140lb cold pressed
Title: The Petals (I couldn't come up with anything else, went blank. I'd take suggestions though!)
Tags: Jennifer-McLean, floral, flower, macro, painting, watercolor
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Permalink Reply by 2cz9dqqh8zp7g on -
Welcome to painting a day. Beautiful petals. Like how you filled the paper.
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer McLean on -
Hi Darlene, glad to be here, and thanks for the compliment. It was a fun one to do, I love doing the colorful paintings best. I'm all about the color!
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Permalink Reply by 05ue98hr2bmf9 on
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Welcome and great contribution, I love your colours too. I am having such trouble with colour LOL but not giving up!!
look forward to seeing more from you each day!
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Permalink Reply by Mo Mapes on
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This is really nice, Jenn. Is this a full sheet of WC paper? If it is it's even more WOW! I assume since it's a drawing a day maybe it is not a full sheet- unless you are a really fast painter! LOL Nice work no matter what size it is.
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer McLean on
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Oh, thanks Mo, compliments make me soooo happy, lol. Nope, it's not a full sheet, I WISH!! It's about 12x18, I haven't taken the leap to do a full 22x30 sheet, although I do have a 300lb sheet awaiting my confidence. I have a larger painting going now, a macro flower again so we'll see how it goes, lol.
Thanks again for your kind words!
Best,
Jenn of JustAddWaterSilly.com
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