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I'm back to the Art Studio after taking a long break from painting. I needed to rediscover myself again and do some exploring from traveling to reading and learning the Piano. But, I will always come back to Art. I just can't do without it. 

Sometimes, I wonder if my Art resonate with people. If my Art is right for the world. I still deal with Anxiety and fear of being unseen. But, my Still life paintings in ways I can't explain gives me hope. The scenery in my still life paintings looks like hope and joy to me. And I hope this feelings is mutual to those who sees my Art. 

The 9th Painting of Gold Coast, Queensland series.

I have added another painting to the lastest s series I've been working on. It was very therapeutic to paint and it looks vibrant and green. The painting is an impressionism Still life mixed with realism. It's a 13×16 inches.

I made a painting process demonstration video. It's a great video to watch the painting process of how the Art is created. 

Work in progress

New painting work in progress.
I finally got the confidence to paint flowers in nature and complicated garden landscape scenery. I'm only used to painting them in gouache or acrylics. But with watercolors it's tricky and time consuming. Just one mistake and all the painting will be ruined. But, I start to wonder; how does flowers in nature and garden landscape looks like in watercolors. How will I interpret them in my own way through watercolors. That's is if I have the patience and confidence to do it.
So, I have started today taking the first step of this challenge. I mastered Still life with watercolors. I can do this too.
This painting is just a small edge of what I'm creating right now. It looks good. Patience is the key.

Finished painting from the studio.

Look at the garden scenery doesn't it look dreamy. The painting is exactly as I visioned it. The Watercolor impressionism style makes the garden artistically beautiful. This time I took my time to paint the flowers in the vase. It took me one hour just to make that few bunch. I decided to go for a realism style so it can stand out from the impressionism garden landscape. And it was the best decision in painting.

Another side of the painting

The Steel goblets and jar on the table was something I wasn't looking forward to painting. I wasn't sure if I will do a good job painting them. I don't think I remember painting a Steel metal object before. But , I accepted the challenge and took my chances in hope that I will not ruin it and destroy all the painting together because watercolor is very tricky. Once a mistake everything will be a mistake. Instead of being afraid of potential failure I decided to paint the Metal objects anyhow I wanted. I'm making Art after all. Art is freedom. And my free expression of how I painted my Metal objects worked just fine.

If you notice, there is a plate of sandwiches in the painting. So, I made a sandwich for myself after the painting was completed. My sandwiches may look a bit ugly. I never said I could cook. I only know how to paint. At least it was an ok sandwiches. I made tuna sandwiches with some eggs and lots of vegetables. It 's a healthy meal for a painter like me.

I took this shot from my studio towards the evening. This is the full 18×20 inches painting on the wall. The 8th painting from the Gold Coast, Queensland series.

The Eight painting in the Gold Coast, Queensland series. This is a 18 ×20 inches watercolor painting. I'm almost through with it. It took me one day to finish. I have been progressing with my creativity in a good speed.espically with this series. So, that is a good thing for me.

This is is a beautiful Still life and Garden landscape scenery. In this photo I painted the garden landscape with watercolors using the impressionism style to make it have a Monet artistic look. 

The Seventh Painting completed 

Happy to finish another painting in the Gold Coast, Queensland series. It's looks perfect and ready to go. 

Artwork from the studio.

Painting in progress

Woke up very in the morning to resume the painting of the blue floral tea pot. Which took me almost thirty minutes to finish. That was a lot of Ultramarine blue just for a teapot. I blue watercolor is giving a signal it's about to finish soon.



Flower bouquet painting complete


The flowers in the glass vase took me thirty minutes to finish. I thought I would go for a realism style for the flowers but for some unknown reason I lot interest and stick to my old impressionism style instead. I was also careful not to overwork on the flowers. I think it's perfectly fine and fits the watercolor garden scenery well.

The whole painting is done. Just left for the signature and The 7th painting in the Gold Coast, Queensland series is complete.

Glass flower vase and flowers in painting in progress.

The work in progress continues. The glass vase looks beautiful, I really love it. I painted the color value and first layers of the flowers in the vase as a color map to know what to do next as I progress. But, I will leave it unfinished for now.

Some garden scenery painting in progress 

I have progress to the upper side of the painting where there is a garden bush behind the fence. I wanted to use some water soluble acrylics to paint that part but it didn't fit my vision so I stick back to watercolors using the impressionism method with brush strokes movement.

The full view of the painting in progress.

A Full view from the table in the Art Studio.

The garden foreground painting in progress

This was the easiest path to work on. I'm about to finish this painting. Today was a great. This is an accomplish. I learned new watercolor ideas. I can paint a little faster than before and I have a lot of fun.



This is the full view of the painting for now. It's left with the tea pot and the flowers bouquet in the vase which I will paint first thing in the morning tomorrow.

The Seventh Painting in the Gold Coast, Queensland series is almost done.