Art Journal – Page 5 – Carolina Russo Art

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SLED Day 2 – #WorldWatercolorGroup

December 2, 2016 Carolina Russo

SLED Day 2 - Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo — SLED Day 2 – Original Watercolor ©Carolina Russo

– Winter Wonderland – Day 2 SLED

Winter Wonderland 31 Days 31 Painting Challenge!!!
Today following December watercolor prompt list is “SLED” I am joining Charlie at doodlewash for this fun Adventure!

For this painting I wanted to put together several things that I love and make feel the atmosphere of the Holidays coming! I love Teddy Bears, I love Lanterns, Christmas hats, Decorate with pine branches and red velvety bows, and of course I love Snow! What a better vignette to have all these lovely things in one place and see the cute teddy bear enjoy the Christmas sled ride! I wish you all to enjoy the ride too! ❤

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 #02, brown #01, white Uni-ball Signo gel pen and a black ink Pilot Prera fountain pen fine nib . I painted on a small 3.5 x 5.5 inches mixed media sketchbook.

To Follow the Challenge visit my Winter Wonderland GALLERY

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 December Adventure! And Keep painting everyday ❤

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

PEPPERMINT Day 1 – #WorldWatercolorGroup

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016 Carolina Russo

– 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.

To Follow the Challenge visit my Winter Wonderland GALLERY

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

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

#WorldWatercolorGroup

Enjoy December Adventure! And Keep painting everyday ❤

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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One Happy Turkey #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 24, 2016November 24, 2016 Carolina Russo

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! ❤ 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 ❤

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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CRANBERRIES #WorldWatercolorGroup

November 22, 2016 Carolina Russo

– 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! ❤

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

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

#WorldWatercolorGroup
#CranberryRelishDay

Enjoy November Adventure! Keep painting ❤

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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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

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

#WorldWatercolorGroup

Enjoy November Adventure! Keep painting ❤

Thank You!

©Copyright Carolina Russo – yesterdayafter.com

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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!

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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

#WorldWatercolorGroup

Enjoy November Adventure!

Thank You!

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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!

#WorldWatercolorGroup

Enjoy November Adventure!

Thank You!

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Drawing Summer in my Sketch Book…

July 28, 2015 Carolina Russo

One afternoon during this week, I was in the drawing mode!

So I decided that since we are in the middle of Summer, I should be drawing something in my Sketch Book in regard to this beautiful and loved Season…bringing up happy feelings, relaxing time and lovely days on the beach…
This Sketch show I think pretty much what Summer can give us…the beautiful ocean, colorful flowers, sands and palms trees especially here where I am in California there are lots of palm trees not really on the beach but all over around!

To go a bit into the details, I quickly sketched first with a pencil few very light lines just to give me an idea. I rarely sketch anything when I work on my watercolor paintings. In this sketch I used watercolor pencils and then blended with Aqua Flow water brushes, the result turned out pretty nice! I went over with a black ink Pigma Micron pen 0.3 to finish.

I hope that you enjoyed this and I wish you all a wonderful and magic SUMMER!

-CR