without expectations

Morning Dazzle

watercolor

11 x 14 inches

©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

Here is a painting that I actually completed quite a while ago yet neglected to post. It began as something else but when that idea no longer interested me I played with color and forms that the painting suggested to me. It was a fun exercise, being completely spontaneous and without expectations.

my backyard

Backyard Series - Spring I

watercolor

11 x 14 inches

©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

I am calling this a series because I fully intend to continue with this theme of following the change of seasons through the plant life in my own backyard. This first painting celebrates the blooming forsythia in early spring. I love seeing those blossoms appear with their explosion of vibrant yellow as one of the first announcements that spring is here at last. This painting is watercolor with a little watercolor pencil, along with some stenciling with watercolor paint on 300 lb cold pressed paper.

sketchbook :: lilacs again

I wanted to capture my lilac bush while it still had blossoms, so on a warm afternoon last week I sat outside and quickly sketched with watercolor. This is a view looking up at the top most branches of what is now a pretty tall shrub. The blossoms were swaying in the breeze and bright sunlight. This was sketched with a little watercolor pencil and watercolor in an eight by eight inch hand.book watercolor skeychbook.

Water Sky II

Water Sky II

watercolor

8 x 10 inches

©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

available

Here is the second painting in my Water Sky series. I love openess of endless blue at the coast, interrupted by an occasional wave and the wispy clouds.