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Diving with a Seahorse – #NatureDoodlewash

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

Seahorse - Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo — Seahorse – Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

Today for my #NatureDoodlewash “hike” I went diving underwater ;-) I am going to share my watercolor of a beautiful sea creature a “ Seahorse“. I love everything that has to do with ocean, sea and water and I enjoyed very much to paint the colorful beauty of this Seahorse.

Seahorse is the name given to 54 species of small marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus. “Hippocampus” comes from the Ancient Greek word hippos meaning “horse” and kampos meaning “sea monster”. The word “seahorse” is often written as two separate words, or hyphenated. Having a head and neck suggestive of a horse, seahorses also feature segmented bony armour, an upright posture and a curled prehensile tail.

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Coming Soon Event! “The World Watercolor Month” you can learn all about it here!

13319782_10208506005022921_2396540998074970525_n — The ultimate Challenge!

Details about my doodlewash:
watercolor outlined with black ink pen. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box and Pigma Micron Black ink pen #005. Painted over a Mixed Media Sketchbook!

With this watercolor I am also joining Charlie at doodlewash for #NatureDoodlewash

You all are welcome to join with your doodlewash! If you do… don’t forget to “Tag” your image.

#NatureDoodlewash

Have a wonderful weekend and…Happy Doodles!

©Carolina Russo

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Red Breasted Bird – #NatureDoodlewash

June 13, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Red Breast Bird - Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo — Red Breast Bird – Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

Today for my #NatureDoodlewash hike, I am going to share one of my latest watercolor it was a joy to make this one. A portrait of a “Red-Breasted California Bird” . Here in California I don’t have to go too far of a hike to see them. When is their time, I can see them very often. I have seen many beautiful Red-Breasted birds, there are some very small size and some just a normal bird size this one I painted is the normal size. They are so beautiful to watch chirping and being busy over the tree branches, that red color pops so nicely, they totally inspired me to paint their beauty.

Today I also like to share with you that one of my short stories “Memories of Happiness” has been published yesterday on VisualVerse Anthology Press, where Art meets Words. What they are doing is interesting and challenging if you like you can read my post and my story here.

Coming Soon Event! “The World Watercolor Month” you can learn all about it here!

Details about my doodlewash:
watercolor outlined with black and Brown ink pen. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box and Pigma Micron Black ink #005 and Brown ink pen. Painted over a Mixed Media Sketchbook!

With this watercolor I am also joining Charlie at doodlewash for #NatureDoodlewash

You all are welcome to join with your doodlewash! If you do… don’t forget to “Tag” your image.

#NatureDoodlewash

Happy Doodles!

©Carolina Russo

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Girl With a Bird – #NatureDoodlewash

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Girl With Bird - Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo — Girl With a Bird – Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

Today for my NatureDoodlewash hike, I am happy to share my watercolor. A portrait that emits a message of love and protection for our animals and nature. Symbolized by the whimsical girl who hold lovingly a yellow bird on her shoulder close to her neck. I have seen many beautiful yellow birds here in California and they inspired me. I enjoyed to paint the “Girl With a Bird” is an inspiring image of love and peace. I hope that you like it as much I do! I always love to read all your beautiful comments ;-) <3

Coming Soon Event!
I also get the chance to announce that on the month of July we will have a great event going on Worldwide!
A month of watercolors! A great challenge, 31 days 31 watercolor paintings! I will participate joining Charlie at Doodlewash he is the creator of this magical event and of “The World Watercolor Month” from now on each year in July will be celebrated! Yay thanks to Charlie! ;-) This event will unite Artists around the World joining together this Ultimate Challenge! I am so honored to participate! This is the first year it just got officially approved! You can learn all about it here!

With this watercolor I am also joining Charlie at doodlewash for a #NatureDoodlewash and Laura for Draw a Bird Day over at Create Art Everyday!

You all are welcome to join with your doodlewash! If you do don’t forget to “Tag” your image.

#NatureDoodlewash and #DrawABirdDay

Happy Doodles!

©Carolina Russo

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Spring Bloom – #NatureDoodlewash

June 6, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Spring Bloom - Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo — Spring Bloom – Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

Today I wanted to honor the Spring Season with this lovely “Cherry Blossom”.

Before Spring will say goodbye to us and we will welcome the Summer, I wanted to paint one flower that is pretty much a worldwide symbol of this beautiful season.
The Cherry Blossom is recognized to be the National flower of Japan and in Japanese is known as “Sakura”. A flower found now pretty much everywhere in the world and there are many varieties. The flowers are pink or white. In the Japanese culture the Cherry Blossoms symbolize clouds due to their nature and their way of blooming as group of flowers that looks like clouds. This lovely flower also holds various meanings like joy, love, hope, humility and more.

With this watercolor I am also joining Charlie at doodlewash for a #NatureDoodlewash

You all are welcome to join with your doodlewash! If you do don’t forget to “Tag” your image.

#NatureDoodlewash

Happy Doodles!

©Carolina Russo

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Hibiscus – #NatureDoodlewash

June 4, 2016June 4, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Hibiscus - Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo — Hibiscus – Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

Today is a very hot day here in California!

Yes, we are having an heat wave for this weekend. And with this temperatures isn’t too much fun to go hike!
I love to hike and I usually go several time a week but not today, so I decided that my #NatureDoodlewash hike will be close to home.

My friend has a wonderful plant of Hibiscus outside her backyard and I love the flowers especially the color and shape. I decided to use them for my watercolor.

Hibiscus is better known as the flower symbol of Haiti, but with the climate here the plant grows beautifully!

Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is quite large, containing several hundred species that are native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are often noted for their showy flowers and are commonly known simply as hibiscus, or less widely known as rose mallow. The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, as well as woody shrubs and small trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek word ἱβίσκος, which was the name Pedanius Dioscorides gave to Althaea officinalis. (Wikipedia)

With this watercolor I am also joining Charlie at doodlewash for a #NatureDoodlewash

You all are welcome to join with your doodlewash! Tag your image.

#NatureDoodlewash

Happy Doodles!

©Carolina Russo

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GUEST DOODLEWASH: Creative Journeys

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

I am so excited, happy and honored to announce that I am a Guest-Featured on doodlewash.com thank you! Please give Charlie a visit and you can read all about my creative life!

Doodlewash®

Hello everyone! I am Carolina Russo from Southern California (follow me on my Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest!). I am very excited and happy to be a Guest Doodlewasher! This blog is fantastic! I admire Charlie’s creativity and his doodlewashes are beautiful and inspiring. I am so proud to be able to say that I am one of the featured on Doodlewash. Thank you Charlie for having me here.

I was born and raised in Italy, the beautiful country where I have been surrounded by Italian art, creativity, history, Mediterranean traditions and European influences. My father is an artist and I grew up observing and being amazed by his oil paintings. I knew since I was a child that I wanted to be an artist. I enjoyed drawing, coloring and creating things since a very early age.

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Apple Pie – #DoodlewashDinner

May 19, 2016May 19, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Apple Pie Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

Today I am bringing to our Doodlewash Dinner a lovely Apple Pie. I missed to post it on the National Apple Pie Day because I had no time to finish my watercolor and finally I had time to finish it today ;-) I think that Apple Pie is always welcome to any dinner. I love anything made with apples especially combined with the flavor of cinnamon.

I hope that you enjoy the pie!

Details about my doodlewash:
watercolor outlined with brown ink pen. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle 12 demi-godets half-pans travel metal box and Pigma Micron Brown ink #01 painted over a Canson Mixed Media Sketchpad!

With this watercolor I am also joining Charlie at doodlewash for a #DoodlewashDinner

You all are welcome to join with your doodlewash! Tag your image #DoodlewashDinner

#DoodlewashDinner

Happy Doodles!

©Carolina Russo

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Illustration – A Whimsical Creature – #doodlewashaday

May 16, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Today I am sharing this watercolor that I made few days ago and I gave the title of “Whimsical Creature”!

I wanted watercolor an imaginary girl who has a beautiful face and that will represent the “Nature” I can see in her the Earth, the Water, the Air.
She brings to the world love, flowers and happiness! <3

With this watercolor I am also joining Charlie at doodlewash for a #doodlewashaday and #DoodlewashDinner

Note>>>(Charlie if you consider that I am bringing the Nature to our dinner it will work!) ;-)

You all are welcome to join with your doodlewash!

Tag your image:

#doodlewashaday #DoodlewashDinner

Happy Doodles!

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#DoodlewashDinner – National Shrimp Day!

May 9, 2016May 10, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Shrimp - Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo — Shrimp – Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

Today I found out that is National Shrimp Day which is perfect for our Doodlewash Dinner!

Shrimps are delicious and a great source of Omega3 they are consumed worldwide and there are numerous dishes and recipes to choose from paired with some nice white wine. I was born on a city on the Mediterranean Sea in Italy “Naples” which is very close to the famous Capri Island and to the well-known Amalfi Coast where there are amazing places to go to eat fresh and great seafood which is a favorite to many!

Think about a great Shrimp Saute or a fresh Shrimp Cocktail, or more a great quick Shrimp linguini and so on… I know we’re getting hungry here! ;-)
For my watercolor today I painted a single beautiful Shrimp I couldn’t choose any dish… so I wanted to paint the beauty of the shrimp itself which is a lovely sea creature!

Details about my doodlewash:
I used a basic watercolor palette Artist’s Loft Fundamental watercolor pan set this pan set is considered for beginners but I enjoy use it for the variety of colors and for sketching. I also used a Pigma Micron Black Ink pen #005 and Brown #01 over a Mix Media sketchbook!

With this National Shrimp Day I join Charlie at doodlewash for a #DoodlewashDinner! You are welcome to join with your doodlewash!
Tag your image #DoodlewashDinner.

#doodlewashaday #DoodlewashDinner #NationalShrimpDay

Happy Doodles!

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National Crepe Suzette Day – #DoodlewashDinner

May 7, 2016May 7, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Crepe Suzette - Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo — Crepe Suzette – Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

Today is National Crepe Suzette Day!

I enjoyed to watercolor this delicious French Dessert I had no much time so I made it very fast and post it very late since I wasn’t home! I love Crepes they can be made sweet or salty and this day brings up my memories of travelling to France years ago when I was still in Italy I had the opportunity to travel and visit beautiful places in Europe. I have been to France twice and both times was wonderful. I remember when In one of the two trip I visited the French Atlantic Coast going to Bretagne and Normandy I visited lovely places on the coast and I ate lots of Crepes, they were so delicious and often made just in front of me. I loved all the sweet ones, but I also loved the seafood ones! I had great time there! I hope that for today you enjoy my watercolor ones! ;-)

Crêpe Suzette

Crêpe Suzette is a French dessert consisting of a crêpe with beurre Suzette, a sauce of caramelized sugar and butter, tangerine or orange juice, zest, and Grand Marnier or orange Curaçao liqueur on top, served flambé.

I found a recipe that seems to be original French if you would like to try to make them here is the recipe! <3

You can read more facts about the origins of the Crepe Suzette here!

With this National Crepe Suzette Day I join Charlie at doodlewash celebrating a #DoodlewashDinner! You are welcome to join with your doodlewash!
Tag your image #DoodlewashDinner.

#doodlewashaday #DoodlewashDinner

Happy Doodles!