''Julie'' - original watercolor painting by @mayasky

in art •  7 years ago 

Hello Everyone!

Today I wanted to share a watercolor that I made a couple of years ago of one of my best friends Julie.

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''Julie''.

The past few months I have been diving deep int a new world of art, printmaking, but lately I have been wanting to get back to my watercolors as well. It's so typical of me that once I head down one direction I just go a 100% in and forget that other mediums are also available, hehe!

Well, today I went to collect the two watercolor paintings I am shipping to London from the framers and I was reminded what a great medium it is and how much fun I have working with it.

When I came home I spent some time on my computer looking through old work and found this painting I made of my friend a while back. I painted it after I was gifted these amazing Escada watercolor brushes from my old teacher, which by the way are still my favorite watercolor paintingbrushes to this day!

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''Julie'', watercolor on Arches paper, size 20 x 30 cm.

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With this painting I wanted to work with the complementary colors green and red which is really unusual for me as I almost exclusively work with the complementary palette blue vs orange. I don't know why but I'm not a big fan of green in paintings. Then it has to be a landscape and even then I prefer the once where the greens are very soft, almost blueish..

I was thinking of working a bit more with the green/red palette again though, as I've seen a lot of great examples of how to make t work beautifully lately!

What are your favorite color combinations? :)

Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

<3

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Great work @mayasky :) looking forward to see your work.

Thank you so much @anubhavsharma! :D

thats an amazing painting! congrats! I love watercolor technique, so alive! love the contrast between the hard and soft edges...keep posting please!

Thank you so much for your comment @carloscastro! :) Appreciate it! And, I will keep posting! ;)

good coloring,make the picture more alive

Thank you so much @projectart! :)

I will wait for the next post from you, especially in making the painting :)

great work @mayasky it is a really beautiful work. i'm still new on steemit, i am very fond by art, i have shared some works of my dad in one of my publication can you see it and give me your opinion! i'll be glad to have your support

Thank you very much for your comment @florian.art! :) I will have a look ;)

thank you <3

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Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you! :D <3

Really very well done! Inspiring !
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Thank you so much! :) :)

You have painted beautiful pictures very well by choosing the color of the picture very well, your picture hands are beautiful ,,,,

Thank you very much @fahidmahamud! :)

Incredible artwork. I love watercolors since this technique allows you to create vivid and fresh images. Just amazing. Follow and upvote you.

Thank you so very much @jenart! :D <3 I appreciate it! <3

Excellent work. I always admire good watercolor, such a difficult medium!

Thank you so much @davidcheifetz!! 😄

How vivid, how sensitive ! a Master piece ! thank you !

Thank you!! How kind! 😊🙏❤

wow this is so beautiful to checkout amazing work dear :)

Thank you so much dear @blazing!! 😄❤🖌

Beatiful painting you have made ! My fav colours combinations are blue and red.. I would like to see more of your work for my learning.. :)

Red and blue is super together @faisal007! 😄🖌 Thank you so much for your comment and compliments! More work will come ;)

Very lovely piece! Her face and eyes are so beautiful and well defined, and the rest of it is very soft and floaty~ So nice!

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Thank you so much @veryspider! 😄🖌

There is nothing like your watercolor portraits for me :)
Just love to see them, to see how you are mastering color and watercolor tehnik @mayasky.

Aww, thank you so much @jungwatercolor!! That means a lot coming from you and I love seeing your beautiful work as well!! 🖌✨❤