Exciting News again!

My pink tulip painting  in watercolor "Frühlingsboten" (Signs of Spring) is published in the french art magazine "Pratique des Arts". This magazine is similar to the US Artists Magazine and full of info. Although I speak only a few french words  it is wonderful to look through this magazine and to see all the wonderful art displayed.

Enjoying a cup of tea and reading through the magazine. What can make more fun?

They made an article about flower artists of the world and I feel very honored that they included my work. I was excited to see that my painting was not only displayed on Page 10, they also used it in their list of contents. How cool!

Copyright: Pratique des Arts

And here you can see my pink tulip Flower Watercolor painting again:

"Frühlingsboten" - Watercolor Painting by Doris Joa

The Original is sold - but fine art prints of this tulips are available. More information are on my fine art print page.

Does this happen to you, too?

You are just leaving the room for a short moment - a really short moment - you come back and what do you find on your chair?

While working on some other projects I couldn't resist to do some Rose paintings.

Here are a few. Pink Roses, white Roses and a Yellow Rose. Some are painted on 140 Lb coldpressed paper, others on hotpressed paper and others on the heavier 340 Lb coldpressed paper. I like all three surfaces.

All these paintings are listed on ebay in auction, with a starting price of $19.95. Shipping is $8, combined shipping without additional shipping costs is also possible. When you want to have a look, please click here

If you are searching for  a special rose or a special colour please just send an email.

Do you also want to have your favorite roses painted? ust send an email.

Click here to go to the auctions.

Pink Peony, 12"x16"
painted on stretched canvas
Price: $350 plus shipping insured
If you are interested in purchase this piece, plase visit my shop here

Today I finished my Peony Painting. Size is 12"x16" and it is painted on stretched watercolor canvas.

At first I wanted to do a lightly grey green background, but the paper buckled a bit and I got some blossoms, which I didn't want to have there, so I decided to go dark with the background. The dark background was created with Winsor green (blue shade), Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black and Alizarin Crimson in several layers.

Deutsch
Heute habe ich meine rosa Pfingstrose endlich fertig gemalt. Die Größe ist 30x40 cm und sie ist auf gespannter Aquarellleinwand gemalt.

Zuerst wollte ich einen hellen Hintergrund in einem grau-grün machen. Aber das Papier wellte sich ein bisschen an verschiedenen Stellen und ich hatte Schwierigkeiten, die Farbe gleichmäßig aufzutragen und es entstanden einige Ränder, die ich so nicht haben wollte. Daher entschied ich mich, einen dunklen Hintergrund zu machen. Für diesen benutzte ich folgende Farben:  Winsor green (blue shade), Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black and Alizarin Crimson und malte in mehreren Schichten.

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Blue Violet Hybiscus, watercolor on 140 Lb paper
size: 6x6 inch (15x15 cm)
Price: $50 plus $10 shipping (airmail and insurance)

This Blue Violet Hybiscus is painted in watercolor. It grows in one of my neighbours garden and I was allowed to do some photos there.

The Blue and Violets were created with Winsor Violet from Winsor and Newton and Phthalo Blue from Schmincke. The purple inside was created with Brillant Purple from Schmincke and I added some Permanent Rose from Winsor and Newton.

It's Moo! Time. I got my businesscards from MOO and I am so very excited. In one of my previous posts I told you about them and that I am going to order the busincess cards and also the MiniCards. It was easy to create them online and they look fantastic in real life. The quality of the cards and the printed image is great and they are in a very nice box from Moo. I only can recommend this place. Try them out, I am sure you will love them, too!

Here are some pics. Click on them to enlarge them. This are the usual size businesscards. The back of them is black with my contact details.

And this are the Mini Cards. The back here is white with my contact details.

Deutsch: Dieser blaue Hibiscus wächst in Nachbars Garten und ich hatte die Erlaubnis, einige Fotos zu machen. Gemalt ist er in Aquarell.

Für das blau und violett benutzte ich Winsor Violet von Winsor and NewtonSchmincke.  Für das Purpur in der Mitte der Blume benutzte ich Brillant Purple von Schmincke und ich fügte etwas Permanent Rose von Winsor and Newton hinzu. und Phthalo Blue von

It's Moo! Time. In der Post waren meine Visitenkarten von MOO und ich mag sie absolut. In einer meiner früheren Blogeinträgen erwähnte ich sie und auch, dass ich welche bestellen wollte.  Gesagt - getan. Es war einfach sie online zu erstellen und sie sehen fantastisch aus. Die Qualität der Karten und auch der gedruckten Bilder ist großartig und sie sind in einer schönen Box von Moo. Ich kann diesen Hersteller nur empfehlen. Versuchen Sie sie, ich bin sicher, Sie werden diese Karten auch mögen.

Bitte klicken Sie auf die Bilder, um diese zu vergrößern.

I painted two new small rose paintings.

Rose Amelita Renaissance, 6"x8"
watercolor on 140 Lb coldpressed paper
$60 plus $10 shipping

This painting is of the Rose Amelita Renaissance. I love how the sun shines through the petals and how colourful it is, from yellow to orange to a touch of red to pink to purple.

The next one is Rose New Dawn. A beautiful climbing rose.

Rose New Dawn, 6"x8",
watercolor on 140 Lb coldpressed paper
$50 plus $10 shipping

This is another small painting, this time some Violet Pansies. I found these pansies in the past week while a visit at a castle here in our near.

They are painted in watercolor and I really like the strong colour.

Size is 6"x6", painted on 140 Lb coldpressed paper.

Pansy Glow, Original watercolor painting