“Daffodils with ladybug”
size: 20″x28″ (50×70 cm)
painted on stretched watercolor canvas
© Doris Joa

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© Doris Joa

This Daffodil Watercolor Painting is one of my latest work.

The Daffodils with the ladybug remind of Spring and all of the promise it holds. To me Daffodils are the herald of summer as they bravely pop their heads above the ground nearing the end of winter. I wanted to capture that first glorious flush of blooms. I hope they make you smile too.

I especially love to paint the colour “white” in watercolor. These large white petals give a lot of possibilities to play with all the colours. Although we can see so many colours in my shadows, like green, yellow, orange, blue, red, purple it is amazing that we still “see” the colour white.

In my previous post I told you about my new created Facebook fanpage. I want to say thank you to all who already do like me on Facebook again – it will be great to meet you there.

Some weeks ago we visited the Bundesgartenschau 2011 in Koblenz (The National Garden Show Koblenz 2011). This is a very big event and this year not far away from where we live.
If you want to read more about this please click on the link below:
http://www.buga2011.de/web/en/index.php

And when you are for a visit in Germany so please take the time to visit the National Garden Show. You’ll never forget it.

While visiting this Show you are able to see a lot of flowers which you usually do not get to see and I was mainly hoping for some roses. But unfortunately it was too early for the roses to be in full bloom, many many buds already were to see, but they still were closed.

© Doris Joa

But there were fields filled with poppies in different colours and in one garden we saw amazing kinds of Rhododendrons.

© Doris Joa

Just wanted to share some pics with you. Hope you enjoy to see the Poppies and the Rhododendrons. I am just sure that some of them will make wonderful watercolor paintings. We will see!

Daffodils with Dewdrops
Watercolor Flower Painting
© Doris Joa

We are really waiting for spring here and to see our Daffodils and Tulips full in bloom. But where is spring? It is still cold and rainy. We already had some days with sunshine – but it seems that this winter is sooooooooooooooooooooooo long and we are really looking forward to see our flowers blooming – to see colours in our gardens.

As long as we are waiting here is one of my Daffodils painting which I did some time ago. The Original is sold and unfortunately no prints are available, as the DVD with the Scan of this Daffodil painting was broken. But I am already planning a new painting of Daffodils in watercolor – can’t wait to start.

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?

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 (18×24 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 16×16 inch (40×40 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.

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.

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 30×40 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.

I haven’t posted for a while here and this is also just a short note to show what I am doing right now.

Here is a WIP of a girl in watercolor. It is a very early stage, but I thought that you are maybe interested in seeing this. I am working very carefully to build up the layers.

And a Pink Peony in Progress. There is also a lot to do with all the many petals, but I enjoy it. For the pinks I used my favorite colour Permanent Rose. To make it stronger I added some Alizarin Crimson and for the cool areas I added some Phthalo Blue.

“Has the Rain stopped?”
watercolor, 6″x16″

And here is another watercolor painting. I am not really happy with it.  Her hand is a bit too long, but since I have worked so often on this area, I will stop now and not touch it again. It is okay, but another lesson learnt!

I am very happy with the reflections and also with the wet street.

Blue Iris, watercolor, 5″x7″
Price: $50 plus $10 shipping international

And another small flower painting in watercolor. I saw this Blue Iris a week ago in a friends garden and knew I would like to paint it.

Usually I work in this way that I paint at first my subject and then the background. This time I decided to try the other way. I painted at first my background and then I concentrated on the flower. I liked a lot to paint in this way and I will try it  again on another painting.

Deutsch: Und noch ein kleines Blumengemälde in Aquarell. Ich sah diese blaue Iris letzte Woche im Garten einer guten Bekannten und wusste dass ich sie malen würde.

Gewöhnlich arbeite ich in meinen Bildern so, dass ich zuerst die Blume male und dann den Hintergrund.  Aber dieses Mal wollte ich es andersherum versuchen. Ich malte also zuerst den Hintergrund und dann konzentrierte ich mich auf die Iris. Ich muss sagen, dass ich diese Methode sehr mag und ich werde das im nächsten Bild nochmal versuchen.