Diana Mulder: Sneak Peek Friday

Friday, October 1, 2010

Sneak Peek Friday

This week in the studio, I wanted to try a watercolor painting on watercolor board. I used one of the reference photos I took at the beach this summer.

Surfer Chicks 8 x 10 watercolor on watercolor board

When these girls walked by me, I thought "Wow, these girls must be beach volleyball players. They're so tall and muscular." I liked the way it turned out and the board stayed rigid unlike some of the other illustration paper, which has a tendency to bow.

Nutcracker trio 4" x 12", acrylic on canvas

Also, finished is my little group of nutcrackers. Although cute, they're not the image I set out to do in my mind's eye, so I'm going to "shelf" :) the idea for now.

Anyway, if your wanting to participate to Sneak Peek Friday, just visit Jennifer at "In the Studio" and give it a try.

9 comments:

Unknown said...: I love, love, love the surfer chicks. I pretty much love beach scenes in general, but you capture everything so well. Do you have other beach paintings?; October 1, 2010 at 3:43 PM
Kelly Berkey said...: diana, i LOVE the surfer chicks! you are such a great painter. i hope you are joining the challenge again this week!
xoxo; October 1, 2010 at 3:53 PM
Jennifer {Studio JRU} said...: That is great to find that watercolor board works nicely and doesn't bow! What a beautiful painting. I love the colors you added to the surf board! :) I LOVE these Nutcracker pieces... they turned out fantastic! Thanks for joining and showing us the peek at what you have been working on this week!!; October 1, 2010 at 6:03 PM
HeARTworks said...: Hi Diana, Nice to have wandered into your blog- you do nice watercolors! That's difficult I know! Great colors!; October 1, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Carola Bartz said...: This is quite different from the nutcrackers - and I love them (that doesn't mean I don't love the nutcrackers, you know I do). I see that you changed your header as well - quite a lot going on here!; October 1, 2010 at 8:34 PM
jacqueline said...: Dearest diana, such a beautiful painting! Oh and the Nutcrackers are awesome! I really love them! Have a lovely merry happy weekend and love to you!; October 2, 2010 at 4:12 AM
Anonymous said...: Hi Diana,
I enjoy all your work as well. The nutcrackers are fabulous! I wouldn't shelve them. They may not be what you had planned, but I think they turned out great.; October 2, 2010 at 9:59 PM
Diana said...: Thanks everyone. Jen, I have a ton of research beach pics. So I will start doing more beach scenes. I have a love of painting people in their intimate stories, so hopefully, you'll see more of that.; October 3, 2010 at 11:42 AM
Jill said...: Love the movement n the surfer chicks piece! Great use of color.
blessing to you!; October 5, 2010 at 8:24 AM