Collab topic was Peony.That was the easy part.
Watercolour Peony was my plan.Only one small problem.I have never painted a Peony.Even more interesting challenge,I have never even seen one in real life.
It was a OMG moment when I knew I would end up falling flat on my face.But I rarely give up on good challenges and I am happy to report I finally submitted the painting within deadline.
I started my Watercolour journey with @tangivideos .I became friends with a wonderful generous artist Thea.She invited me for a journey with Peonies in June.
You don’t find Peonies in my part of the world.So I watched Peony photos,videos, rewatched Peony tutorials.Then I was sure ,I simply can’t do this.
Painting with such talented artists,my imposter syndrome jumped up in glee.
But I had already practiced so many times, that I was now dreaming about Peonies.
There were Peonies everywhere.
Only way to get them out from my head was paint them for the challenge.
Box ticked.
Here’s a beautiful floral Peony bouquet for you to enjoy this weekend.
I drew ,doodled,watercoloured.The Peony insisted on becoming colorful blobs.
When I tried shading them,they looked liked wrinkled old women with garish makeup.
It was like I had to play while painting,but still be serious enough to remember how the real flower looked.
The penultimate painting was nice .No more a glob ,but something felt off.
I was ready to stop.
But then I decided “one more time.”
The Britney saga and her court battle triggered the “Baby one more time ” to loop on my playlist and I painted again.
I knew for this challenge ,this is it .
Sharing all the beautiful paintings, by painters all over the world on my Instagram feed.
Peonies generally symbolise prosperity, luck, love and honour.
A group of artists from all over the world got together for this collaboration, and happily bring you this visual treat: peonies of different sizes and style.
Sharing the colorful brilliance of all the participating artists.Check their feed on Instagram for a closeup of their work!
@doodlesbytalina
@lifes_litle_treasures
@hobby.bee
@bake.play.beamom.beyou
@paintwithpatty
@thecreativebackpacker
@floral_frolicbyds
@artistrybyjuveriaco
@izquierdo_ilustraciones
@mishartify
@itzginia
@brushes.and.paints
@rajniz_art_rosovyy
@amanda.arteydibujo
@aquarellebysurbhi
@ih.arte
@annaandalaia
@myno.blog
@mavicasanovadesign
@krisabel.art.studio
@sy_aquarella
@healthwealthbridge_dramrita
@creater898
@thea.ong
A special mention to Linda (bake.play.beamom.beyou) for helping me get all the pictures downloaded.Insta was not cooperating somehow!All said and done
Check out the collab post.Don’t forget to follow me and all the beautiful artist on Instagram for more adventures with Watercolour !
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQlUOKvgjxr/
This is also part of the Blogchatter Half Marathon
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Wow, your painting is so lovely! I don’t paint florals but I like them. Collaboration posts are fun. 🙂
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Thank you for the invite to the collab. I can totally relate with the emotions you have written about in the post. Only thing is I dint practice as many times as you!! Anyway loved the post especially the part about the imposter syndrome and peonies resembling old ladies! Keep it up.
I love peonies! Lovely ways to paint them too 🙂 Hope you continue the watercolour journey and not give up.
Hello Dr. Amrita, very lovely painting of peonies. I have some in my front yard and yours look just like them. I have painted a few things by pictures and videos, but nothing I have never seen before, that must have been quite a challenge. That is until your dreams and process of them started flowing out of your creativity. Nice work, I love your watercolors. You have inspired me to get back into that art medium. Thank you for sharing. Sending lots of love and gratitude. Jaime
What beautiful paintings of peonies. Your post also brought back wonderful memories of my mom. She loved peonies and we had them lined up our path in the house I grew up in.