Koi fish-- painted with watercolors. There's somethin about fish that can be so relaxing to paint. They are full of tranquility and peace. I am working on producing a watercolor fish series-- currently I have around 5 or so watercolor fish. A couple gold fish, a couple koi's (like this guy!) and a couple betas! This one is up and listed on my Etsy shop, the link my stone is on the right of the page ---->

This here is a beautiful goldfish I thought had a lot of character and personality! When painting, I always try to capture the emotion of my subject matter, I feel like that is my favorite part about painting... I am in the process of updating my Etsy shop. I have a few new watercolor paintings I will be adding to sell as prints!

My Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FreelyArtistic?ref=profile_shopname

My latest watercolor painting! I love sailboats, they are just so pretty and majestic, especially out on the harbor in front of the setting sunset! This painting was a break from my birds and cars and a step into more landscape-based pieces. It was a good change-up, and the vibrant colors of the sunset were really fun to capture.

Vibrant, colorful hummingbird! I focused a lot on the detail portion f this painting. I really wanted to capture its feathering! Hummingbirds are full of so much life, color, and intensity for such a tiny animal! This one was also painted in watercolors and is available in my Etsy shop :)

Delicious triple scoop ice cream cone :) Another painting designed for a cute, fun greeting cards!

Recently, I have been in the process of creating some cute, fun little greeting cards! This sweet pink cupcake is one of three cupcake designs I have painted. They are available and sold in a set included with envelopes! In addition to my cupcake greeting card set, I also have more festive ones (Autumn as of right now, but I am working on some Christmas designs!), more birthday ones, and just-because cards. I have them up and ready for purchase in my Etsy shop. So if you are looking for some unique, hand-drawn greeting cards go check them out at:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/470673952/fun-birthday-cupcakes-variety-set-of-six?ref=shop_home_active_30

Here is another bird I have recently painted. It is one of my more detailed watercolors. Although I love the simplicity watercolor can bring, I also enjoy adding lots of detail to feathers, eyes, and backgrounds as well! As you can tell, this painting is more structured than the last watercolor bird I posted. By this, I mean that I was more controlling over where I wanted the colors to go. This painting relies a lot on layers, letting the art dry every two-three applications and then re-working back in with more dark, contrasted colors. It involved a lot of buildup, whereas the song-bird painting posted below was all about letting the watercolor be free! I enjoy both types of technique when it comes to watercolor, precisely due to the fact that each can produce a completely different feel and look than the other. More like this here are listed in my updated Etsy shop, take a gander at my selection of artwork! I'd truly appreciate it:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FreelyArtistic?ref=hdr_shop_menu

For this exact painting in my shop, go here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/250030163/birdie-painting-print-of-my-original?ref=shop_home_active_8

It's been quite a while since I have added any of my paintings to my blog! But, 8 months later...I'm back to post some of my latest watercolor paintings!

This one here is a simple song-bird watercolor piece. I approached this bird picture with a different technique than I usually use. Instead of focusing so much on details of the feathers, eyes, etc., I spent more effort on keeping it subtle and soft. I let the watercolors do its thing and blend with each other.

In addition to many new paintings, I also have updated my Etsy shop from the last time I posted. This painting and many more birds can be found there to purchase! To access my Etsy shop, you may click the banner on the right side of the page, or click the link below!:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FreelyArtistic?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Watercolor painting of a sailboat at sunset on the Ventura Harbor

Baby blue jay watercolor painting! :)

Simple sky painting-- watercolors

I went to Zion, Utah a couple months back and loved all the red rocks and mountains! I became inspired to paint the cliffy hills, this one in particular was located right outside the hotel we were staying at. Painted with watercolors

Lovely Betta

I love painting anything with lots of color and character-- like this fish! Bettas have such a whimsical personality about them. Check out my Etsy shop!