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).

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.

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The  small woman head study was painted on 340 Lb coldpressed paper. I just wanted to try how this paper works. I painted already some flowers on this paper, but I really wanted to figure out how it works for faces and hair. It works - but I think it is not really my favorite. The surface is really rough and the colour is not so easy to lift as working on a smoother surface. I think I have better control when working on other surfaces. Size is 6x6 inch.

This black cat was painted on 140 Lb coldpressed paper.  Size is 5x7 inch.

It is a long time ago since I painted in oil. This is my newest painting and I really need some time to become familiar with the oils again.This purple tulip is painted on panel and size is 7,2 x 10 inch (18x24 cm). It is still not signed, but will do it as soon as the painting is dry. It is hard to get the right colours with the camera, but I think it is very close to the original.

I am working currently on a pink Rose in oil in size 16x16 inch (40x40 cm) and I needed to re- paint some areas a few times. It still isn't finished and I hope I can show it very soon. There are two other beautiful roses planned and I hope they will turn out in these paintings what I am hoping for.

Today I have started with a new Rose painting.

Yes, I know, the figurative painting isn't finished yet, but I couldn't resist. 

I have done some Step-by-Step-Photos, so you can easily follow this work in progress. At first you will see the Drawing and then you are getting an idea about how I build up my layers.

My colours in this painting are: Indian Yellow, Aureolin yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Translucent Orange, Permanent Rose, Phthalo Blue and Phthalo Green.

It is wonderful to see the Rose developing and I know the look will completely change when I start with the background. I will go with a dark background, which would make the Rose pop.

The painting has the size 12x16 inch on stretched watercolor canvas.

In my previous post I was asked by Krista, whether I am stretching the paper by myself or whether I am buying it pre-stretched. Here in Germany pre-stretched watercolor canvas are not available. So I was happy when Joyce Faulknor taught on her blog how she stretches her paper. I tried it and it is so easy to do. I have tried it with hotpressed and also coldpressed paper. It works perfect. You should try it.

Click on the images to enlarge them.

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.

This is another small painting. I really had fun to work on this background, to create a lot of depth and a lot of leaves.

Size is 5"x7", watercolor on 140 Lb coldpressed paper

Some weeks ago I saw some Hydrangeas in a flower shop and couldn't resist to buy some. And I needed to paint them. This is a small 6"x6" watercolor painting on 140 Lb watercolor paper.

At first I want to show a new small painting. I am thinking of Spring, so I decided to do some Tulips.

This Purple Tulips are painted again on stretched watercolor canvas, which means it doesn't need to be framed. It needs to glass since it is varnished and the edges are painted.

Size is 8"x8".

My other news are that my Painting Dancing Rhodie was a Finalist in the Flower & Still Life Competition of International Artist Magazine and it is published in the current Issue #66.

I painted some more Roses. The Rose Heritage from David Austin, a pink and a red Rose and a small painting of the Rose New Dawn.

You can view the images here on my Rosesblog.