Carolina Russo |Sa'Reyah

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PEPPERMINT Day 1 – #WorldWatercolorGroup

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

– PEPPERMINT –

Welcome December and Winter Wonderland 31 Days 31 Painting Challenge!!!
Today following December watercolor prompt list is “PEPPERMINT” I am joining Charlie at doodlewash for this fun Adventure!
This is the most beautiful time of the year let’s get in the mood with this first painting! For this challenge I started a brand new tiny sketchbook 3.5 x 5.5 inches size so I will be painting a kind of miniatures and work on small details! During this month I will be also testing new paint and pens!

Details about my watercolors:
watercolors are outlined with black and white ink pens. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box Ink pens used Pigma Micron Black ink #02, white Uni-ball Signo gel pen and a black ink Pentel Prera fountain pen fine nib . I painted on a small 3.5 x 5.5 inches mixed media sketchbook.

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Enjoy December Adventure! And Keep painting everyday <3

Thank You!

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One Happy Turkey #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 24, 2016November 24, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

– One Happy “TURKEY” –

Today in USA is “Thanksgiving Day” I wish a wonderful day to everyone!

And on November watercolor prompt list today is “TURKEY” I am joining Charlie at doodlewash for November Adventure!
I loved to paint my turkey here with all his Royalty and colors in all his beauty and “Alive” :-) I titled my post as “One Happy Turkey” and he is in between the flowers, sunflower and cranberries, bringing a message of happiness, joy and life to all and sharing this Thanksgiving Day with us out of a plate! I personally won’t eat a turkey today or any meat, there are beautiful and plenty of other wonderful dishes that I will eat to celebrate this day! But this is just me! <3 I wish everyone a wonderful and great Thanksgiving Day and I am sending love to all!

Details about my watercolors:
watercolors are outlined with black, white and gold ink pens. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box Ink pens used Pigma Micron Black ink #05 and Brown ink #01, white Uni-ball Signo gel pen and a black ink Pentel Prera fountain pen fine nib . I painted over a handmade watercolor paper pad cold press 140 lb size 7.5 x 9 inches!

All my watercolors are available for Pre-Order in Limited Edition Art Prints

Please follow me on Instagram account dedicated to my Art! @carolinarussoart

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For all the friends in US wish you a great Thanksgiving Day!

Enjoy November Adventure! And keep painting <3

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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CRANBERRIES #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 22, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

– CRANBERRIES –

Today following November watercolor prompt list is “CRANBERRIES” I am joining whenever I can doodlewash for November Adventure!
Today is also celebrated as “Cranberry Relish Day” I didn’t really know about this one until now! No much time to write today but I managed to paint my Cranberries! <3

Details about my watercolors:
watercolors are outlined with black ink pens. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box Ink pens used Pigma Micron Black ink #05 white Uni-ball Signo gel pen and a black ink Pentel Prera fountain pen fine nib . I painted over Arches!

All my watercolors are available for Pre-Order in Limited Edition Art Prints

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#CranberryRelishDay

Enjoy November Adventure! Keep painting <3

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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MUSHROOMS #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 20, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

– MUSHROOMS –

Today following November watercolor prompt list is “MUSHROOMS” I am joining whenever I can doodlewash for November Adventure!
I was very happy to paint this one, because I love mushrooms not just to look at their colors and beautiful shapes, there are so many kinds I love to look at some wonderful botanical illustrations. Mushrooms are a very beautiful subject for nature inspired watercolor paintings. My painting has the colors of the Fall Season. I directly painted with the watercolors without previously tracing with pencil, I just painted the shapes straight on the paper. I combined the mushrooms with leaves and acorns. I loved the after washes ink drawing, like in a second layer I created the leaves and the acorns.

Editable mushrooms also are filled with lots of nutrients and are a great source of vitamins and minerals very good for our health in a daily diet. I eat them a lot and mostly raw in a variety of salads and also I love to eat the big Portobello Mushrooms. I used to cook them in many delicious ways, but right now that I follow a raw vegetarian-vegan diet, the big Portobello ones are amazing raw topped with some avocados, chopped tomatoes, hummus and more there are lots of tasty options for a wonderful Mushroom sandwich! <3

Details about my watercolors:
watercolors are outlined with black, brown and white ink pens. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box Ink pens used Pigma Micron Black ink #05 and Brown ink #01, white Uni-ball Signo gel pen and a black ink Pentel Prera fountain pen fine nib . I painted over a handmade watercolor paper pad cold press 140 lb size 7.5 x 9 inches!

All my watercolors are available for Pre-Order in Limited Edition Art Prints

Please follow me on Instagram account dedicated to my Art! @carolinarussoart

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Enjoy November Adventure! Keep painting <3

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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#YliaAdventures – SUPERMOON

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

©Ylia Adventures: SUPERMOON

(50 words story) – Golden Aura –

The bright golden aura was expanding through the darkness of clouds lighting up the sky. Unconscious awareness of an awakening soul, was swimming through the thirst of truth. Climbing stairs of universal love, finding peace and happiness into a raising moon. ” – ©CR

About my watercolor Ink:
watercolors are outlined with black ink pens. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box Ink pens Pigma Micron Black ink #05, a Pentel Prera fountain pen fine nib and Gold Gellly Roll by Sakura I painted over a Mixed Media Sketchbook!

“Her name is ©Ylia and she is the Character born from my pen created for InkTober 2016”
Ylia Collectible Series is available as Limited Edition Art Prints on Pre-Order!

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Have a happy weekend!

Thank You!

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BEETS #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 17, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

– BEETS! –

Today according to Charlie prompt list is “BEETS” I am joining in at doodlewash for this day of November Adventure!
I like beets they have many health benefits? They are delicious and very pigmented their intense color is beautiful. It was nice to paint this today. I did it first thing in the morning to make sure I could grab the time to paint.

Details about my watercolors:
watercolors are outlined with black , white ink pens. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box Ink pens Pigma Micron Black ink #05 and a Pentel Prera fountain pen fine nib . I painted over a handmade watercolor paper pad cold press 140 lb size 7.5 x 9 inches!

All my watercolors are available for Pre-Order in Limited Edition Art Prints

I have a second Instagram account dedicated to my Art please follow me there! @carolinarussoart

#WorldWatercolorGroup

Enjoy November Adventure! Keep painting <3

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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Super Full Moon 2nd night photos!

November 15, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Super Full Moon - Photography ©Carolina Russo — Super Full Moon – Photography ©Carolina Russo

November Supermoon 2nd night photos with the Full Moon!

Yesterday night I had a second attempt to photograph the beautiful “Supermoon” yesterday was also the day of the “Full Moon”. Once again here in California the sky was beautiful and clear I am so glad. I have been lucky this month. Last October I remember that when we had full moon the sky was full of clouds, covering the moon and not a chance to take any photos. Yesterday and the night before photos turned out pretty well. I am really happy! There is a pretty good sharpness and definition on these photos, you can see the details and pretty much all the lunar craters. This moon shot was taken outside home around 6pm last night. I am amazed because I didn’t used a tripod! For whom interested I used my camera Nikon D3300 and a Telephoto zoom lens 70-300mm I don’t remember the settings because I did change several while shooting. The first photo in this post is barely edited, I only cropped to have a close up I see that there is a purple reflection on the top I don’t know what caused that maybe because I was holding the camera. Overall I am happy with it!

I also attempted with some help to get an artistic photo with me holding the moon in my hand! <3 I guess turned out great! I just had to edit this one a little to make sure that my profile is visible, because the photo was taken without flash in complete darkness, only with the moonlight that was very bright. This is an iPhone 6 photo and was taken yesterday on a nighttime hiking walk, I went to walk right after I took the moon shots.

Full Super Moon on my hand ©Carolina Russo

I have been always fascinated by the moon, since I was a child. I always loved to just look up at the sky and admire her beauty surrounded by stars.

This above is the first photo without cropping just resized, and here down below is the moon in my previous post took it on November 13 night!

Super Moon - Photography ©Carolina Russo — Super Moon – Photography ©Carolina Russo

I know that in several parts of the world this full moon wasn’t visible, cause clouds and weather. I am happy that I was able to witness and share this moment with you through my photography!

Wish you all a wonderful week!

Thank You!

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SuperMoon

November 14, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

November Supermoon!

Tonight I went for a nocturne hike!
I went in a whim without plan anything. I carried my camera with the intent to be lucky to find the beautiful Super Moon and meet her between the hills. I had the wish to find a clear sky without clouds and be able to get a good shot of this memorable moment! November 2016 Supermoon is supposed to be the closest, brightest and the largest since 1948. It is indeed a moment to capture!
I took several shots but this one is the one I love the most and I want to share it with you. Today here in California we had a beautiful evening the temperature was pleasant and the sky was super clear, no clouds, just beautiful! And here it is, the gorgeous moon dominating the sky in her brightest beauty!

Have a wonderful night or day! <3
Enjoy the Supermoon!

Thank You!

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Cupcakes #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 10, 2016November 11, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

– CUPCAKES! –

Today according to Charlie prompt list is “Cupcakes” I am joining in at doodlewash for this day of November Adventure!
Who doesn’t love cupcakes? They are delicious and often very colorful. I loved to paint this today. You can’t really see but there is a touch of gold around her hair framing the face and a little touch on the cupcake! I wanted to try a new Gelly gold pen by Sakura (Japan) and actually I like it! Llooks beautiful for little touch of gold. The color of the gold is very nice!

Details about my watercolors:
watercolors are outlined with black , white ink pens and a gold gel pen. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box Ink pens Pigma Micron Black ink #02 and Pentel Prera fountain pen fine nib and Gold Gellly Roll by Sakura I painted over a Mixed Media Sketchbook!

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I have a second Instagram account dedicated to my Art please follow me there! @carolinarussoart

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Enjoy November Adventure!

Thank You!

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My Poem – Hands – Published on Visual Verse Anthology!

November 10, 2016November 10, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

– Image by Hernan Bas –

Visual Verse An Anthology of Art and Words

Visual Verse Published my Poem “Hands”!

This month I participate again to this interesting monthly writing event that brings together Art and Words on VisualVerse.org Anthology Press.
Some days ago my Poem was published!

The painting that you see here above was the starting point image assigned this month by Visual Verse. I figured that my poem Hands is a good combination to the image.

I am very happy to share this with you as a nice achievement of my creative writing, and I am so happy that now my Poem “Hands” is part of this interesting Anthology and published on:

Visual Verse Anthology – Vol. 04 Chapter 01 – “Hands” page 7

This is my fourth Published piece on Visual Verse, here you can read them all of them: visualverse.org/writers/carolina-russo/

Here there is a link to the Archive with all the images and writings published until now!

I am so happy that my writings are part of this innovative and great Anthology is another way for my voice as an Artist to be heard.
I hope that you like my poem please let me know what you think your comment means a lot to me!