I was very surprised to get a message from Alex Zonis, who gave me a blog award - the Sunshine Blog Award.

Thank you very much Alex and I feel very honored.

I have to follow the Award rules and must nominate 12 bloggers. That is an easy job, because I would like to nominate my friends on the Artcolony blog. I am happy to be a part of this Artcolony blog, because there are some wonderful artists which has become friends to me. This are more than 12, but each of them deserve the award, if this is Jane Freeman, Cindy Agan, Diane Morgan, Mollie Jones, Mary Jansen, Nita Bridges-Hoyt, Emily Johnson, Carol Chretien, Kay Smith, Debbie Cannatella, Verena Heroux, Ruth Steinfatt, Elinor Sethman, Pat Hart, Kaaren Oreck, Christiane Fortin, Chris Beck and Michelle Himes. They all deserve this Sunshine Blog award, because they always like to share all they know about painting, they are very helpful and an inspiration. I only wish my special friend from the other side of the world - Susan Harrison-Tustain -  would have a blog, because she also deserves this Blog award. Her paintings are full of magic and she also always loves to share her knowledge about painting.

Collection of Roses paintings, each 6x6 inch (15x15 cm), watercolor on paper
copyright: Doris Joa

I painted more and more roses in the past time. Here I am displaying some of them. Each is 6"x6" (15x15 cm) and each is painted on 140 Lb hotpressed paper.

All are sold, but some are still currently running on ebay. If you want to have a look please click here.  My starting price is $19.95 and shipping is $8 worldwide. I do combine shipping for up to 6 or 7 small original paintings or prints.

It looks great to see the Roses displayed together and it makes absolutely much fun to create them.

Her Moment in the sun, watercolor, 20x28 inch (50x70 cm)
copyright: Doris Joa

And here is my newest figurative painting of a young girl/woman standing on a bridge and enjoying the moment in the sun. It is painted on 140 Lb coldpressed watercolor paper, stretched over stretcher bars, size is 20"x28" (50x70 cm).

I am wishing you all a very Happy New Year. May it be blessed with health, joy, peace, luck, enough money, success in your career and all what you wish.

I want also to say "Thank you"  for your support in 2009.

There is a new figurative painting to show

I already have my first painting of a young child sitting at a river completed in 2010. It is painted on Aquabord in watercolor, size is 11x14".

This little girl with her pink dress and pink shoes sits at a river and she got wet feet.

For our Christmas exchange with some artists friends on Artcolony I painted our black cat "Timmi". The reference photo of Timmi was done some days before we lost him. It was the first time that I painted him. This painting went to Kay in USA and she told me that she loves the painting very much. So my surprise for her was perfect.

The painting is around 9x12 and painted in watercolor on Reeves Watercolor Board.

I also finished finally my figurative painting of "Ines". It is also watercolor, painted on Fabriano Watercolor paper, size is: 12x24".

If you are searching for some special art please keep in mind that I do take commissions. Since all other commissions for Christmas are completed I am having free time to take new commissions, if this is for a Rose or Flower painting, a portrait or a pet portrait or whatever you want. Please contact me without any obligations using my contact form here.

Blue Hydrangea II, size: 12"x16", watercolor painting

I finished the Hydrangea Painting. All this little petals can make someone crazy - but I am very pleased with the painting.

In the past days I worked more on my website. You will realize that some of the maincolours of my site have changed a bit. I also added more pages and in the right sidebar you will also find a link about Step-by-Step-Demonstrations. There are posted two free Demos about how I do a Rose painting - maybe you'll find them helpful. Have fun.

I believe I haven't post this small cat painting yet. I did it some weeks ago of my daughter's beloved cat. It is a watercolor painting in ACEO size (2,5 x 3,5 inch) on 140 Lb coldpressed paper.

The challenge was to not use any masking fluid or to use any other tools to save the whites. I simply painted around the white.

Currently I am working on another blue Hydrangea painting. Size is 12"x16" on 140 Lb coldpressed paper.

The blues and reds are created with Alizarin Crimson, Brillant Purple, Winsor blue (red shade) and Winsor blue (green shade).

I am not really sure at this moment what to do with the background.  Will post again soon.

I finally finished this figurative painting. I have spent so much time on it that I really need some distance to it. I am not sure at this time if I am pleased or not - but this are always the doubts when I finish something.

Watercolor, 20x28 inch on 140 Lb hotpressed paper

Today I have to share two paintings.

Pink Hybiscus, 6"x6" (15x15 cm),
watercolor
Price: $50 USD plus $10 shipping international

The first one is a Pink Hybiscus and the second one a small Rose painting, both painted in watercolor on 140 Lb coldpressed paper.

The Pink in the Hibiscus was created with Permanent Rose, Phthalo Blue and some Brillant Purple. For the warm areas I used Napthol Red from M. Graham, an absolutely beautiful colour.

Rose Clair Renaissance, watercolor, 5x7 inch
Price: $50 plus $10 shipping international

The colours in the Rose are created with some Indian Yellow, Translucent Orange, a touch of Permanent Rose, Alizarin Crimson and Phthalo Blue.

I really like the cool background in this one, a nice contrast to the orange in the Rose.

Deutsch: Heute habe ich zwei Bilder zu zeigen.

Das erste ist ein Rosa-Pinkfarbener Hibiscus und das zweite ist ein kleines Rosengemälde, beide gemalt in Aquarell auf 300 g kaltgepresstem Papier.

Für die Farben in dem Hibiscus nahm ich Permanent Rose, Phthalo Blue und etwas Brillant Purple. Für die warmen Bereiche benutzte ich Napthol Red von M. Graham, eine wirklich schöne Farbe.

Für die Farben in der Rose benutzte ich etwas  Indian Yellow, Translucent Orange, etwas Permanent Rose, Alizarin Crimson und Phthalo Blue.

Ich mag besonders den kühlen Hintergrund in diesem Rosenbild, ein schöner Kontrast zu dem Orange in der Rose.

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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.

As I promised here is a new step of my current Roses painting.

I have started with some leaves to get a better feeling for the roses. The roses are looking so different on the white paper and to have them  surrounded with the leaves makes it easier to go on. And it is better to see how the colours work on them.

The colours on the leaves and stems were created with some indian yellow, aureolin, burnt sienna, sap green and helio turquoise. This is only the beginning. I may not forget to add also some of the roses colour (permanent rose and alizarin crimson mixed with phthalo blue) to the leaves.

I will show the next step very soon.

I am sorry,  the photo of the girl in watercolor which I posted yesterday was very bad, so here is also a better one.

I too have now a gadget in my right sidebar where you can join this site. This means you can become a friend/follower of this site and I hope you will join.

Deutsch: Wie ich versprochen habe zeige ich hier einen weiteren Schritt meines Rosenbildes.

Begonnen habe ich nun mit einigen Blättern, um ein besseres Gefühl für die Rosen zu bekommen. Die Rosen sehen so unterschiedlich aus auf weißem Papier, aber wenn sie umgeben sind von einigen Blättern ist es einfacher fortzufahren. Man sieht dann besser, wie die Farben wirken.

Für die Farben auf den Blättern benutzte ich Indian Yellow, Aureolin, Burnt Sienna, Sap Green und Helio Turquoise. Das ist jedoch nur erst der Anfang. Ich darf nicht vergessen, auch die Farben der Rosen (Permanent Rose und Alizarin Crimson gemischt mit Phthalo Blue) zu den Blättern hinzuzufügen.

Den nächsten Schritt werde ich sehr bald zeigen.

Es tut mir leid, jedoch war das Foto von dem gemalten Mädchen in Aquarell, was ich gestern zeigte, sehr schlecht, so hier ist ein besseres.

In meiner rechten Sidebar ist nun ein "gadget", mit dem Sie meiner Seite hier beitreten können, d.h., Sie werden ein Freund/Follower und ich hoffe, Sie schließen sich an.

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.