Complex watercolor paintings

​I’ve heard it said that coffee boosts creativity. Whether that's true or not, I thought you might like to join me by following along with this watercolor coffee cup tutorial. I’m always on the lookout for new subjects to paint. The ring stain of coffee on my desktop provided the inspiration for this latest watercolor.

Watercolor artist Carrie Waller demonstrates her watercolor tutorial for still life painting—intensifying colors and re-creating objects as abstract forms.

An artist that loves to capture her views on on the spot. Anastasia Kústova is a Russian artist and painter, today we are going to concentrate on her watercolor paintings, specifically her Plein Air ones. En Plein Air, is french and literally means outdoors, many artists make sketches and notes, or take photographs of the location, or subjects they want to transfer to canvas, go back to their studio and then start the painting. Plein Air artists like Kústova, skip the first part and start…

As I raise my children, I enjoy capturing their interactions and discovery as they grow up. I love the colorful world they inhabit, and am intrigued by the way they move through it. Children are sponges, constantly absorbing lessons in how to be; how to relate to others, how to use their bodies, and how they fit into social situations.My life revolves around parenting, and I want to make paintings about my life. I like the idea of seeing my paintings as a kind of journal that tells my…