Carol Ann Conners Art Journal

12″ x 9″ The Langton Prestige 140 lb cotton block, Daniel Smith  watercolor paint.

 

Sometimes it is too cumbersome to travel with my painting supplies. So while staying at my mother’s house in another state, I needed to find something quiet to do while it snowed outside. I went to the local Ben Franklin store and bought some student quality oil pastels and a pad of drawing paper. 11″x 14″

Daffodil in Window – Watercolor 9″x 12″ Arches 300 lb cold press cotton

 

Watercolor 18″ x 24″ Arches Hot Press 140 lb cotton

Sometimes I have to paint the same subject twice because it is fun!

watercolor on 140 lb Lanaquarelle cotton

 

I love to grow flowers.  This watercolor was especially fun to create and is of plants growing in pots on our back deck.

This painting developed from a photo that I snapped on a walk.  This Victorian stood empty for a long time. The nasturtiums took over the front porch creating a delightful subject for a painting. Since I painted this, the porch has been rebuilt, the nasturtiums have been removed, and the house has been put up for sale.

I love when we drive past the plowed fields along Highway 20 heading west from Williams, California.

This small painting was painted on Yupo, a synthetic paper made out of recycled plastic.

When we travel to and from Sacramento we pass Sutter Buttes on Highway I5.

This watercolor painting is 7″ by 10″ and on 140 pound Lanquarelle cotton block paper.