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MUSHROOMS #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 20, 2016 Carolina Russo

– 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! ❤

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

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Enjoy November Adventure! Keep painting ❤

Thank You!

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#YliaAdventures – SUPERMOON

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 Carolina Russo

©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!

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

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Have a happy weekend!

Thank You!

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BEETS #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 17, 2016 Carolina Russo

– 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 ❤

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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Super Full Moon 2nd night photos!

November 15, 2016 Carolina Russo

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! ❤ 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

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! ❤
Enjoy the Supermoon!

Thank You!

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Cupcakes #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 10, 2016November 11, 2016 Carolina Russo

– 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!

Avaiable in Limited Edition Art Prints

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

– 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!

©Carolina Russo

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Cappuccino Day #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 8, 2016 Carolina Russo

Day #23 WorldWatercolor Month - Love Coffee - ©Carolina Russo — – Love Coffee – ©Carolina Russo

– CAPPUCCINO Day! –

Today I love to celebrate the Cappuccino Day and I am joining Charlie at doodlewash for this day of November Adventure!
I haven’t made a new watercolor because I am still recovering from InkTober lol 😉 kidding! I love this one very much. I painted it on last July for the wonderful #WorldWatercolorMonth I remember that was a very loved painting. So I decided to repost it as much I wanted to paint a new one!
I was born in Italy how I cannot love coffee and cappuccino, nonetheless espresso and all the kinds! It’s always time for a cup of coffee! 🙂
Today I had to celebrate while sipping a wonderful cup with all of you! ❤

Details about my watercolors:
watercolors are outlined with black , Blue, Brown and white ink pens. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box and Pigma Micron Black ink #005 and Pentel Prera fountain pen fine nib I painted over a Mixed Media Sketchbook!

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Enjoy November Adventure!

Thank You!

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November 5, 2016November 5, 2016 Carolina Russo

1st-release-art-prints-collectors-edition — 1st Release Fine Art Prints – Watercolor Ink ©Carolina Russo

NEW 1st RELEASE!!!

1st Release of my Collectible InkTober Series is now available in Limited Edition!
From October 1st until the 31st I have been very busy and focused on creating non-stop and drawing daily, because I joined the Worldwide InkTober event.
This month has been amazing and crazy at the same time, is not easy to commit to a challenge like this, there is so much behind it, but I enjoyed every moment. I am proud that I was able to follow my path and complete the challenge with my 31 drawings in 31 days. These drawings are very detailed and take quite long time to have one finished. They are not the kind of sketches made in 20 minutes. The result and outcome of my intense work is a lovely creation. My character ©Ylia, that was born on October 1st 2016. I developed Ylia drawing after drawing while following the official 2016 InkTober prompt list. Each drawing illustrate a story based on the daily prompt words. I also wrote my own “Quotes” I wanted to turn each drawing in a positive message to share with the world. I want to thank everyone that followed this challenge and shared my journey. Thank you so much for all messages and the kind words of encouragement that I received every day, that was a huge help to keep me going! I have been receiving emails asking if after the Inktober my drawings would be available for sale. I then decided for now to launch this 1st exclusive Collectors Release of Fine Art Prints.

Today November 5, 2016 ©YLIA ADVENTURES Fine Art Prints are available in Limited Edition!
This is the launch of the Limited Edition Collectible Series!

Day #12 - WORRIED - InkTober 2016 ©Carolina Russo — Day #12 – WORRIED – InkTober 2016 ©Carolina Russo

1st Release Pre-Orders are accepted for a limited time.

If you would like to own one or more of my drawings please Pre-Order purchase your Art Print here on my Blog!

Pre-Orders purchases are accepted for the exclusive 1st Collectors Release until November 30!

There would be only #31 numbered and hand-signed Fine Art Prints size 8 x10 inches of each drawing for this first edition. Visit the Gallery to choose yours!
I accept Pre-Orders from today until Sunday November 30 at midnight Pacific Time USA.

INFO & Details:
For all the info, price and all the important details please check out the dedicated Shop ©Ylia Series Page
on this page I covered all the informations necessary for the purchase but if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Thank you always for sharing my artistic journey and for supporting my Art!

Thank You!