Today's piece is a watercolour sketch done from a photo I took at Heritage Park:

Today's art journal collage – trying to inject a little colour into a rainy day:

I finally finished the fine details in my watercolour. The only work left was to brush in a few small highlights and shadows:

Sketching flowers while I enjoy their gorgeous scent is one of the best things ever!

My painting of Icarus was used for the program and posters in yesterday's Calgary Men's Chorus concert. This is what the program cover looked like:

I'm happily back to sketching the flowers on my balcony! Here's a quick watercolour sketch of one of my marigolds:

Yesterday's post showed all the intense colour I put into the two pours I did in this painting. After I took the masking off today, there wasn't much more to do but paint in a few details and strengthen some areas of colour. I'm staying away from the painting until tomorrow so that I can see it with fresh eyes and determine how much more it needs...

Happy first anniversary Azure Dragonfly Meanderings!

My first year of blogging has been a heck of a lot of fun, and very worth the work! Many thanks to everyone who have stopped by to see what I'm up to over the past year!!

Here is my latest watercolour painting after another couple of pours, and with some extra, focused detail in small areas. My next step is to remove the masking and see where I'm at, but I think the rest of the work on this piece will be some minor brush work.

Ah, at last I got back to my current watercolour. Here is the painting after the first masking and watercolour pour:

A quick sketch using watercolour pencils and ink pen: