Flamenco dancer

Today I did some sketches with charcoal.I was inspired by the flamenco dancers in one of the recent posts of http://therewereswallows.com/ .
With the kind permission of the owner of the blog I used her video as a reference. This is the first sketch.The second one I will post later because I had troubles taking a decent picture of it.

Actually This Was The First One

This was the first watercolor. I had painted it before I decided to turn that sketchbook into a challenge.I already posted it in my other blog and I am posting it here in order to show the wholesome project.

Hurray!I Am Done With My Challenge!

I am finally done with my watercolor challenge and I am so happy about that.Now I am free to start something else, like an acrylic challenge for example.
This one is watercolor number 15.I am impatient to post it because I like the way it turned out.I still have one more to post but it is a nude and I did not want to post them together.Actually the nude was the first watercolor I painted on that sketchbook but at that time the idea about the watercolor challenge was still too vague.
I am not going to post one of the watercolors because it was not very successful.That is way they will be only fourteen.Anyway completed this challenge with the satisfaction of a job well done.I learned a lot and I dare to say i improved my skills in this media.

Watercolors #11 and #12

I am on my way to wrap up my watercolor challenge.At the moment I am working on my last one but it may take a while because it is a busy landscape .Here you can see an old man with his goat and a peony in a bottle.The peonies are kind of challenging flowers to paint and I am not very happy with the shape of the bottle but as a whole I had fun painting it,I mean the painting.I drew the old guy with the goat with a blue watercolor pencil first and then painted him with watercolors.I like the way he turned out.

watercolors #9 and #10

These are the next two watercolors I completed as a part of my challenge.I did not have much time for painting the last week or so.I was too busy at my day job and also my daughter was sick for more than four days so I had to take care of her and there was no spare time at all.
In the first painting I tried to use limited pallet of colors and to achieve realistic water reflections.In the second one I was inspired by the city of Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria,which is famous for its picturesque view because its location on the slopes of several hills.I have always wanted to paint it in acrylics or oils and it will be my next project in one of this media.

Watercolors #7 and #8

The first one represents a waterfront building and a boat and the second one is a Canada goose.For the seascape I used a photo from Gary Greene's book Artist's Photo Reference-Buildings and Barns.For the goose I used my own photo.

The Bike Trail In Fall-Watercolor #5

I am going on with my challenge.I have a couple more watercolors ready to be posted and I am in a process of working on a third one.
This is the bike trail where I like to ride my bike in the summer.It goes along the river and in the woods and it is so pretty that I can't stop taking pictures of it.It takes care of your body and of your soul as well.After a bike ride down it you feel like a new person full of energy and inspiration.I can't wait to start biking again.I already went biking four or five times but it is still too cold and was not a lot of fun.

A Kitty Named Muffin-Watercolor #4

She belongs to my sister-in-low.I used ink pen and watercolors with this one.

The Flower Place-Watercolor #3

This flower business is situated in Iowa.My husband likes to go there because they have a great choice of plants and a gorgeous garden.I like to go with him because I collect a lot of reference photos of plants and flowers ,trees and birds.

My reference photo is from last spring.

The Old Church-watercolor #2

You can see this old Eastern Orthodox church in the city of Koprivshtitsa,Bulgaria.I suppose it is more than 200 years old.I used my own reference picture which I took when having a vacation there with a bunch of friends more than ten years ago.

A Path In The Park-watercolor#1

This is one of the watercolors I promised to post two days ago.I've been working in watercolors recently improving my skills in this media.I decided to challenge myself to go on doing that till I finish my Canson watercolor sketch book-15 sheets of paper.I have 10 more to go.
This one is not the first one I did but for convenience I am going to call it #1.Gradually I am going to post all 15 of them.
I used my Prang watercolors.

Pear

Just a quick study with watercolors.Size 9x12 inches.

Artist

This is a sketch of my daughter drawing from my sketchbook 2007.I used colored pencils.

Apples and plums

This is another quick sketch with watercolors. I used my own reference photo. The paper is

Strathmore again and the paints brand is Reeves. I am going to experiment with better quality supplies when we go back to our house. After the flood in August last year we've been living in a FEMA trailer and I don't have much room for making art. I can't wait to go back and it is going to be pretty soon. I am going to have my own studio on the second floor. It is a small 6x6ft closet with no windows but I will be happy to have a small corner of my own for my art and my supplies.

Alana

This is a drawing of my step-daughter Alana from the time she was eleven years old.I used a reference photo I took when we were on a picnic at Farmers' Park.I used a regular #2 pencil on Strathmore drawing paper.

Quick Sketch With Watercolors

This is a quick sketch with watercolors I did in May last year.I did it from life,I picked the flowers from my husbands gerden.As I did not know how much time I had available,you never know when you have a small child,I decided to sketch it right away with the brush.It has been painted on Sthratmore watercolor paper with I don't remember what brand of watercolors.

My new Art Journal

I decided to start a new blog where I can post my sketches and drawings. It is going to be my on -line art journal where I can share my observations on the world around through my art images. It is also going to be like an art lab where I can show the results of my experiments with different media. As I have a lot of sketchbooks I will start posting here with one of my old drawings. I painted that last December trying a new box of watercolor paints, Reeves, pans.I'm not very happy with the quality, not enough pigment. Good for sketches but not for a real watercolor painting. The paper is Sthratmore.