A Beginner's Journey into Watercolor Painting

Welcome to a new instalment in my Beginner's Journey into Watercolor Painting series! Today, I have 10 new watercolors to share with you, all dating back to March 2023.

A cute chubby bird. I used a painting similar to this one as inspiration. For some reason, I had always thought that this kind of subject would be hard to draw. I was sorely mistaken. And it was fun too!

Birch trees in snow. Birch trees are my favorite trees. We have many in the forests and parks in Winnipeg, so I have photographed them extensively. I cannot find the model for this painting, but my version is very pleasing to the eye. (Sometimes, when I look at it, I cannot believe that I actually painted it!)

Walking towards the horizon. Another piece that I really like, inspired by this painting. My drawing of simple human figures has improved and my hand is less shaky than before.

By now, you have probably noticed that I like boats. 😆 I could have done a better job with the clouds and reflections in the water here, but overall, the result exceeds my initial expectations. I plan to paint a similar, but bigger scene in the near future.

Living alone. My goal here was to practice painting a sky and some trees. I added the house at the end but silly me did it with watercolor pens and before the sky was fully dry. This explains why the black ran a little. The piece still looks decent enough.

Camping with the full moon. When I saw this cute painting, I knew I wanted to work on a similar concept! Overall, this is not very good, but practice makes perfect! I will try again. 🙂

Clouds in the sky. Just something simple. I did not have any other idea on that day...

A house in the middle of nowhere. My model for this painting is here. The house looks as if it was smiling.

A light in the dark. Using this image as a model, I tried to create a scene with a lantern and falling snow. As always, the sky looks great. But, hey, why not botch something, for a change? 🤪 I need a lot of practice before the scene starts looking like I envision it.

A small boat in the ocean. I love everything about this painting. It is the first one that I think could be used in a book project, especially on a cover.

That's it for today. See you next time for more paintings from yours truly.

Want to see more of my work? Check out my other posts below:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4

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I hope you enjoyed this post. What is your favorite watercolor in the list? Do you paint? If so, show me some of your work.

Oh, and by the way, if you are a writer, author, or artist, I would love to hear from you. Click the link below for more information.

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Cendrine Marrouat is a writer, photographer, podcaster, blogger, anthology editor, and the co-founder of Auroras & Blossoms and A Warm Cup of Cozy. She has authored and co-authored more than 40 books, including The Train: A Short Story (2023), In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories & Flashku (2022), After the Fires of Day: Haiku Inspired by Kahlil Gibran & Alphonse de Lamartine (2021), Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku (2020), Walks: A Collection of Haiku (2019-2020), and In the Silence of Words: A Three-Act Play (2018).

Cendrine's work has appeared in many publications. She is the creator of the Sixku, Flashku, Sepigram, and Reminigram; as well as the co-creator of the Kindku, Pareiku, Vardhaku, and Hemingku.

Website: https://creativeramblings.com