December Art Challenge, the Prompt List is here! This is a follow up to my previous Post about the Annual “12 Day Winter Draw” Art Challenge hosted on Instagram by my artists friends. @nomkinnearking@adamoehlers and @natachachohraart The challenge will start next week on the Day 12 and ends the 24. This is the Prompt List that was just posted today on the Challenge host’s accounts and so like I have anticipated I am sharing it here too! I hope you will join us and me here doing this beautiful 12 days of Christmas theme art. Share your drawings, using the hashtag #12daywinterdraw you can follow along my posts and tag me on Instagram @carolinarussoart or link your blog post to me! This challenge is mainly shared on Instagram but it doesn’t matter we can share it here on the Blogs too! Enjoy these magical days of beautiful creativity open your heart and just have fun create anything you love. Now get ready with your watercolors, pencils, pens, paints, inks or anything you work with and enjoy creating!
Hello everyone December is here! This month there is one of my favorite art challenges the annual 12 Day Winter Draw hosted on Instagram by my wonderful artists friends @nomkinnearking@adamoehlers and @natachachohraart This year the challenge will start on the 12th of December. I love Winter Christmas themed art. I have joined this event in the past years. I plan to join again this year as much as I can! These “Polar Bears” is one of my watercolor paintings from a previous year of this challenge!
If you would like to join, share your drawings, using the hashtag #12daywinterdraw the theme for Day 1 the 12th will be ‘The Night Before Christmas’. The complete prompt list would be shared by the host group sometimes soon and I will post it here too!
If you want to play along, or just join me doing this challenge you can follow along my posts and tag me if you create anything! Also the challenge is mainly shared on Instagram but doesn’t matter it can be shared also here on the Blogs, just have fun create. These Art challenges are a great way to be inspired to create new work, to spice up your creativity and to work on your skills and rise the habit to paint or drawing daily.
For now I wish you all a wonderful Day and a Happy December!
Hope to find you all well, just to let you know I am having a eight days ART SALE 20% Off on everything in my ETSY Shop! My Sale just started today November 22 and will end November 30!
❤ I have updated and restocked the ETSY Shop, with new and old work! You find some of my Christmas Art Prints and Cards, I have also available some Prints from my latest released Collection “Fields and Waters”.
NOTE: My new Collection of watercolor landscape Original paintings and Prints is available in my New Shop Join The Collector’s List because soon I will send an email with a coupon discount for subscribers only!) ❤ If you would like something arriving on time for Christmas, this is a good time to order and save! ❤ The 20% Off Discount on ETSY would be automatically applied during checkout until last day of Sale on November 30! These days are the best time to shop my art for the Holidays, shop online for early Christmas gifts to your loved ones or to treat yourself! In case you don’t see what you had your eyes on, just Contact me! ❤ Always think at shipping time don’t shop too late remember the Postal Service could have possible delays.
IMPORTANT CUTOFF DATES: Within USA last day to order Prints would be December 12 earlier the best! I ship everything with USPS First-Class Mail their cutoff date is December 17.
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Today I am very excited to announce the Official Release of my watercolor landscapes and seascapes Collection titled “Fields and Waters”. Twelve small watercolor paintings. This series is inspired by the calming beauty found in nature. While painting this series I focused on landscapes and seascapes inspired by two very important and powerful natural elements, Water and Earth with appreciation, gratitude and thankfulness for the beautiful nature that surround us. I loved to paint each painting they all means so much to me. I am happy to be able to share them with you at this time. With love and gratitude from my heart to yours.
Down below you can see a Gallery of all the 12 painting click on each photo to view them enlarged, you can see all the beautiful textures and details. All the original paintings are unique and painted on 100% Cotton watercolor paper, hand torn by me.
You can now browse and purchase the whole collection in my New SHOP
❤ All the Original paintings are available for purchase Paintings are size 3×4.5 and 4.5×6 and 3×9 inches
❤ Limited Edition fine art Giclee prints are available Print Sizes 5×7 8×10 11×14 inches (made to order)
Limited Edition to 30 prints
Each print is signed and numbered out of 30.
Include a Certificate of Authenticity.
Collection Release date October 22, 2022
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This is my Art Vs. Artists 2022,
I like to share with you what this is in case you’re not familiar with it. The hashtag #artvsarist is going on from years. I am not sure about the precise time, I guess this trend started among artists around the year 2016 on internet social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook etc. Some call it Trend, Challenge. It is actually a way for artists to quickly showcase images of their work along with a photo of themselves. In a nine squares grid, artists pick their best artworks from the current year and usually the spot at the center is used for a selfie. I think is a nice way to discover the artist behind the art a little spotlight that brings quickly all together. I did participate to this in the past few years and I find it nice to look back at the previous ones to see how my art and work evolved. This year my grid is filled with landscapes. I selected some new paintings from my upcoming Collection release “Fields and Waters” and in the center a fun photo of me!
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This is also a great way to discover new artists. If you would like to participate showcasing your work and yourself, you can until the end of the year! Easily find a template grid, I used the Layout App on my iPhone. When you created your 9 squares grid share it using the hashtags #artvsartist #artvsartist2022
On the side note, to know when I release my new Collection which is few days away Join my Collector’s List
Hello dear friends,
Happy Fall Equinox Autumn is here!
I finally have a Collector’s List! ❤️ If you like and support my art Please join it’s Free! There you can Sign up with your email and once in a while you will receive notifications for my upcoming collection release, updates on my work, special sales, coupon discounts, exclusive offers only for the Collector’s list subscribers and the opportunity for Pre-Sale and Early Access! You wont receive any spam no worries!
To Join the list please submit your name and email here >>> Collector’s List
Thank you in advance if you join you’re very much appreciated!
You never know maybe a special coupon would be sent your way!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Hello dear friends and followers,
I have a little communication about a change in regard to this Blog! No worries, I am not going anywhere, is just that I have changed the Blog’s name! As you remember, my Blog name was “YesterdayAfter” well is not going to be it anymore. Thank you to the lovely people that are following me from years they remember. I gladly welcome the recent new followers, thank you. My Blog was born with the name “YesterdayAfter” now is changed. It was a long time that I wanted my Domain Name .com with my own name and now I have it! As an artist it is very important to be recognized by the same name. My new Blog name is Carolina Russo Art and my new URL is https://carolinarussoart.com/
I am working on updating and refreshing the Blog look and integrate a new shop directly in here. So please keep attention when you receive notifications of my new posts they would be as Carolina Russo Art.
Thank you for following my journey, I appreciate you all very much!
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InkTober 2022 is coming soon!
And it means that artists around the world will participate to this great and inspiring drawing challenge. I have participated to InkTober Challenge for the past 6 years Usually I have followed the Official prompt lists combined with another of my favorite October challenges working on the two challenges in one, combining the prompts! Indeed very challenging to do it grows and test your skills. This year I am not sure I will participate I have several projects in mind! Maybe I will draw some of the prompts here and there!
Jake Parker the illustrator and creator of InkTober released the new “Official Prompt List 2022” I am happy to post it here so that you have some time until October 1st to plan your challenge and get ready!
Here is the INKTOBER Story and Rrules: Illustrator Jake Parker is the creator of this great challenge and initiative started in October 2009. Jake created InkTober as a challenge to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits. It has since grown into a worldwide endeavor with thousands of artists taking on the challenge every year. Here are the Official Rules:
1) Make a drawing in ink (you can do a pencil under-drawing if you want).
2) Post it*
3) Hashtag it with #inktober and #inktober2022
4) Repeat
That’s it! Now go make something beautiful. Visit Jake Parker websitefor more details, videos, inspiration and lots to learn about InkTober. If you like to join these challenges don’t forget when you post your drawing online always add the hashtags #INKTOBER2022 #INKTOBER post your ink drawing online on your Blog and/or on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter…add all the tags to any place you share your drawings online!
Some of my Favorite Supplies: I use French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle, Pentel Aqua Brush – Bee Paper for Watercolor 140lb, 100% cotton, cold pressed, size 6×9 inches . Micron or COPIC pens Black, Brown, Dark Red inks #01, #005, White SAKURA Gelly Roll pen, Pentel Pocket Brush blak ink, ALVIN Mab Graves Draft/Matic Pencils , Winsor & Newton Drawing Inks.
(FYI This is not a sponsored post I have no affiliation with any of these brands. I purchase all my supplies and I am only sharing what I like and use)
Good luck to everyone joining InkTober 2022
There is plenty of time to prepare yourself! I honestly during the past 6 years I never planned or worked any sketch in advance it didn’t resonated with me because the goal of this challenge for me was to improvise and get creative and inspired day by day! I only got my supplies ready in advance! But that’s just me! Do what is the best and resonates for you and most importantly have fun and create!
Please if you do participate share your plans or ideas I would love to read! If you’re a beginner or not and have any questions leave it in the comment section I would be happy to respond!
Welcome September! This post will feature my two new paintings created during this week they are included in my new watercolor series. This is “Misty Stream” a moody landscape with beautiful colors combined with a hue of purple and a light touch of gold. I am really happy with it! I am currently working on a Collection of small intuitive watercolor paintings named “Fields and Waters” if you missed my previous blog post, you can read all about this upcoming Collection here Today I like to share an up to date little video gallery I made, where you can see all the paintings created until now but the latest seascape which I will post it down below! I hope you enjoy!
Fields and Watersis a Collection of intuitive and meditative art that soothe the soul of the viewer through delicate colors emitting feelings of harmony. This series is inspired by the calming beauty found around us in nature. I am focusing mostly on landscapes and seascapes using two very important and powerful elements Water and Earth.
This seascape is the latest I painted. The title is “Living The Now” size 3×9 inches. I like the unusual paper size, I have another paper same size ready to paint a landscape! Each Original painting of this series is unique and painted on a beautiful deckled edges 100% Cotton watercolor paper, hand cut and torn by me. In my opinion the raw edges adds a beautiful touch to this Collection. I am painting this whole series mainly with a painting palette knife and a couple round brushes. Each painting is very special to me.
❤ Upon release all the Original paintings would be available for purchase. Original paintings are size 3×4.5 and 4.5×6 and 3×9 inches If you have any question or would like to “Reserve” any of the Original paintings before the Official Release date, please send me a message for more details.
❤ Limited Edition fine art Giclee prints would be available!
Limited Edition to 30 prints
Each print is signed and numbered out of 30.
Include a Certificate of Authenticity.
Release date is Coming Soon!
To stay connected and up to date Follow me on Instagram @carolinarussoart
I hope to find you all well and that you’re having a lovely Summer. I can’t believe we are already at the end of August!!! I am doing well, just I haven’t had time to post here on the Blog. Today I came to say hi to all my friends and followers and to give you an update on what I am doing. I am currently working on a new Collection of small watercolor paintings named “Fields and Waters” if you follow me on Instagram @carolinarussoart you already had a glimpse of it! Fields and Waters is a Collection of intuitive and meditative art that soothe the soul of the viewer through delicate colors emitting feelings of harmony. I think at this time we all need peace and serenity in our lives. This new series is inspired by the calming beauty found around us in nature, I am focusing mostly on landscapes and seascapes using two very important and powerful elements Water and Earth. I have been painting places that appear in my memory or a representation of places I like near where I live here in Southern California. The ocean or a path where I go for my walks.
Sometimes I paint what is created intuitively by my soul, I don’t know the location but I am sure they are somewhere in the Universe. When I paint without any reference is what I love the most it is a form of meditation where all is quite and calm, I let my soul and intuition guide my brush strokes… the water and color freely blends together, taking precious shapes that become alive on the paper creating together the outcome I love.
Each painting is painted on a beautiful deckled edges cotton watercolor paper hand torn by me adding a beautiful extra touch. These are small paintings size 4.5×3 and 6×4.5 inches, they look beautiful framed. Since today I have created eight painting so far. I am planning to paint a few more and then release the whole collection by the end of August or beginning of September. This painting title is “Perpetual” the ocean, the water movement and fluidity, water is conscious and carries information supporting life on Earth. I am painting this whole series mainly with a painting knife and a couple round brushes. I love to paint with the knife it creates beautiful shapes and effects with watercolor.
❤ Upon release all the Original paintings from this Collection would be available. I will also have Limited Edition fine art Giclee prints available! If you have any question or would like to “Reserve” one of the Original paintings before the official release date send me a message for more details.
I hope you loved to see a glimpse of this Collection, more paintings are coming soon!
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Thank you so much for following my Art and choose to support me as an artist and my small business, if you do, share or purchase know that your support is truly precious and means the world to me! 
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