New Paintings

 This is a very different post of paintings. These were done for work. We created an outdoor obstacle course for kids on the sidewalk outside the library. It's themed as an outdoor course for Adventure Begins at Your Library

Here are a few details:

Logs

Bee

Bear in a cave - the original bear didn't work out, so it was fixed.

Firefly

Duck (kind of looks like a dinosaur)

Elephant Cloud

Rainbow

New Paintings

 

I've had some time on my own and I filled lots of it with painting.

Do you have a favorite?

@yabooknerdlibrarian I had some free time on my hands lately - here are some paintings from this year. Most are paintings but some are bookmarks 🔖 #painttok #paintings #watercolors #landscapes #bookmarks #flowers ♬ Little Happiness - Oneul

New Paintings

I had a day off last week, so I worked on some new paintings. 

You can see the progress if my first one:

 

@yabooknerdlibrarian A look into a new piece this morning - from book to paper. I think it came out pretty good! #painting #crafting #relaxing #waterrcolors #dayoff ♬ Beautiful Nature - Steven Solveig

And the second one:

This one needs a little work - I'm not great at gardens yet - but I'll get there. I'll be painting more gardens in the future. 

 

New Paintings

 

Friday was my day off this week, so I sat down and painted a little bit.

This was from a picture on Instagram that I changed. It was a post from Italy. 

This one was using up some left-over paints. I do enjoy landscapes.

Paintings

 So far this year, I've been enjoying painting with watercolors (mostly) but sometimes acrylic. I've been using pins from Pinterest for ideas and for a little something different.

This is a card - it's supposed to be a path through lavender. Does it come through?

I had a lot of left over brown one day. This is a dock and water. I might paint some flip-flops on the dock.

This is the first new one. I've always wanted to paint mountains. But I didn't read the directions all the way through first and therefore it's not perfect. But it looks pretty good. 

This was something wildly different for me. 

Extra paint from the previous painting turned into this Valentine.

Starry Night with trees. I loved how the stars came out.

Combo mountain and stars painting. 

Last weekend's painting from a photo of a place in New Hampshire we traveled to last year. 

This one was updated with grass on the hill, the tree, and the swing. Looking at it now, the tree looks a little lonely. 

This one was for a paint night workshop for the library.  It was a fun night. 

And that's what I've been working on while the world is still on fire. Each piece from start to finish takes about an hour. Drying happens during that time. The paper pieces are 7 by 5 inches. I took a few classes in high school and college, but I've never really worked much with watercolors. I thought I didn't like them. And then I learned a little patience goes a long way!