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Friday, February 28, 2014

Blue and White Porcelain - Watercolor





















Blue and White Porcelain

5x7in watercolor on aqua board   $100. SOLD

This one was an experiment.
I was trying some new methods and was
surprised how this turned out. All transparent
watercolors on Aqua Board by Ampersand.

15 comments:

  1. And a very successful experiment, Julie!! The porcelain is painted so beautifully ..
    I love the added pears...the perfect still life! Congratulations on selling this piece!!

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    1. thanks so much Hilda and may I return the complement with your wonderful dog portrait.

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  2. This is so stunning Julie! I love seeing how similar your watercolor technique is to your oils!! No wonder it has sold already!! Do you use a similar palette of colors in w/c as to your oil colors? (I'm wondering what colors you do use in w/c?) Simply beautiful!!!

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  3. Love the softness in this piece. The colorful flowers and the blue and white pieces make for a great looking painting. This piece really draws me in. Super!

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  4. I am always in awe of how your fracturing technique translates in watercolor. Truly lovely!

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  5. I love this 'experiment'. It looks like porcelain, What a difficult mark to hit (perfectly)!

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  6. Amazing. So soft and yet so powerful. My eye flits between the flowers which always draw me and the beautiful porcelain. Such detail. Yes.

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  7. My...but you sure got a lot of information onto a 5x7 format! I love everything about it..the colors and composition and the liveliness of the brushwork!

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  8. An experiment done with such perfection Julie! The colors and brush work are so pleasing. Such a delicate one this is.

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  9. Not the best photograph I have seen, but I love the painting. It has some great things about it, great composition, colors and light, it is glowing, lovely! =)

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  10. OMG! This is so beautiful and energetic and so luminous and has such depth! I had no idea this was a watercolor. Amazing how you expand such a small surface.

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  11. I thought this was oil...it's beautiful Julie! What a wonderful experiment.

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  12. This is stunning and you get so much in a 7" x 5". It is beautiful on so many levels.

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  13. AMAZING!!! i think it's safe to say that your experiment was a resounding success!!! not that it makes a difference but i thought it was oil. your work has so much character and depth, i am always always amazed. Beautifully done!

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  14. I love everything about this Julie! You are so talented to move so effortlessly between media.

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Julie