watercolor painting – Kirsten Bailey: Art

Posted on June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 by Kirsten

Little details

I’ve been enjoying doing some paintings with lots of little details lately. The first is one I started a LONG time ago, but only finished recently, entitled ‘Growth’. This painting includes lots of little details, including some embroidered elements, which is a first for me.

Growth by KL Bailey Art — ‘Growth’ – original watercolour painting by KL Bailey Art

The next two paintings were both inspired by ocean waves. One was done primarily with watercolours, with some ink drawing done afterwards. The other was inspired by zentangles, and I did the patterened sections with a sharpie first before adding the colour with watercolours later.

Blue watercolour ocean painting by KL Bailey Art — ‘Beneath the waves’ – original watercolour painting by KL Bailey Art

'In the Deep' - watercolour painting blue with black and white details — ‘In the Deep’ – original watercolour painting by KL Bailey Art

I’m not sure which one I like best yet, but I’m leaning towards the last one – what are your thoughts?

Posted on November 7, 2009November 16, 2009 by Kirsten — 7 Comments

Inspire Me Thursday – Spain

This week’s prompt on Inspire Me Thursday is “Spain”. Having never had the opportunity to visit Spain, this was a tricky one for me – I was forced to resort to Google.

I typed “Spain scenery” into Google, and this is the first image that I really loved:

This photograph was taken by Graham Pritchard. You can see some of his other photographs here.

I used this photograph as inspiration to paint a watercolour of this beautiful scenery.

As you can see, the painting is not exactly the same as the photograph – I used the photo as a jumping-off point, and let the painting develop in whatever directions felt right to me.