Animals painted in watercolor and water media.
Whether you are looking for art to add color and warmth in a corner of your home or would like to give art as present for a wedding, a new-born baby or birthday, you will find several options to choose from in this art shop.The images are available here as high quality prints made from original watercolors … Read more
This is a collage highlight of the Meaningful World in a Circle prompt presented in a previous post. I enjoyed that so many people were inspired to draw and paint within a circle, and accompany their images with personal stories of why their particular circular painting was meaningful. In the photograph above I highlight the circular artwork of the following artists: … Read more
What Should I Paint Today? This is a question we might ask as we develop a creative habit of daily painting. Receiving a prompt is a good springboard to play and practice our creativity. This week I’m posting my fourth and final prompt as co-host for @Ifdrawaweek weekly painting challenge. –Curious about the three previous … Read more
This is a collage of highlights based on the Roosters Prompt presented on a previous post. One of my assignments as co-host is to highlight nine pictures from all entries based on this prompt, and post them on my IG feed @Leyla_Torres_Watercolors. This week everybody did some beautiful rooster artwork, making it quite difficult to highlight so few entries! There were roosters in watercolor, … Read more
Did you know that seeing recognizable figures in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia? An example of this is when we perceive images of animals in cloud formations. In his notebooks, Leonardo da Vinci wrote of pareidolia as a device for painters: “if you look at any walls spotted with various stains or … Read more
Everything has a story and anything can be a subject for art. The nine paintings in this post are a highlight of watercolors I’ve made during this year soon past, all of which were shared on Instagram. Each of these watercolors represents my response to various painting challenges named by a fellow Instagramer; or is the personal expression of my … Read more