Doris Blessington Blogs

Watercolor Halloween Card... Witches Dance with Cats Raw sienna, black, Burnt Sienna, touch of Madder Lake Red, Russian Green background mist... Yarka Watercolors on Fluid watercolor paper 

The Jolly Roger 

The Island will be overrun with pirates at the Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival the first part of October Created a card for the occasion 

Little bird was singing his heart out in a Sycamore Tree at the Library. Painted with Yarka Original Watercolor Set while experimenting with 9x12 Fluid Watercolor Block. Inexpensive paper with a nice feeling. Lots of umbers, cadimuns, russian gree... 

Finished Watercolor Sycamore Leaf with sycamore balls. A Gift from nature in all her fall splendor! Thank you beautiful leaf! 

Laying in the beautiful reds, greens and yellows and positioning the found twig and sycamore balls 

Study of beautiful Sycamore Leaf which fell during high winds. Colorful reds, greens and yellows! Watercolor to follow with added found Sycamore balls 

WatercolorJOY! Found this beautiful seagull on the railing at River Street, Savannah, GA. He/She was camera sky, promptly started to fly when I pointed my camera. Watching from high above, and mingling with earthlings below, these beautiful bird... 

WatercolorJoy! Flora, Fauna, Shells, Feathers, Leaves, Sticks and Nature's treasured, sometimes overlooked Gifts. This is the little blue crab that got away. Wonderful to paint in his beautiful array of ultra marine blues, reds and yellows. Ti... 

Watercolors more or less paint themselves. It's a good thing. Never know where they are going. That's the charm. 

Startng to work on still life images. Finished watercolor Pineapple just before it became fully ripe. Almost felt quilty munching on such a beautiful fruit that I got to know so well. Thank you Pineapple!