Time for another retrospective, since I am a bit busier than I would like. As we ushered in the winter season, I began to concentrate on snowy scenes. First I did many tutorials from artists and posted these along the way.
I also read a great post by Lee Muir Haman that was very helpful.
I tried to venture off on my own and produced this watercolor from a photograph on Unsplash.
And this little gouache sketch (sorry for the blurry photo!)
Taking a look at some snow scenes from years past (2020 and 2021), I can see that I have made progress in both watercolor and gouache. That makes me happy because it is all about the journey for me.
We have yet to see much snow here, and I hope to have time to do some winter scenes in acrylics before the first crocuses appear.
Please check back here tomorrow when I will be posting a roundup of posts from the other art bloggers who are participating in this art walk. Thanks for stopping by my booth at this virtual show. Please feel free to leave a guestbook hello in the comments.
Siena Blue 
You have had a very productive season, Siena Blue! Thanks for sharing your beautiful work. ❤️😎
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Thank you Sunny, for your kind words. Glad you enjoyed the visit!
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I love the way you’ve been experimenting and challenging yourself. You have, indeed, made excellent progress!
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Thanks Lee, there is joy in the journey for me as I grow. Which reminds me of a great church song and causes me to muse on how this urge to create is an encounter with the Divine. Probably why I find it so soul soothing.
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Siena, your paintings are a pure joy! Will you ever be selling prints?
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I have a dormant redbubble shop that is in embarrassing shape right now and needs cleaning up and updating. But if you see anything you like here, you can get 20% off your first order. https://www.redbubble.com/people/sienablue/shop?asc=u
and a pixels shop
My pixels shop is in similarly bad shape but feel free to have a look. https://pixels.com/profiles/sienabluedesigns/shop
I need to remove distracting designs and products, focus, and adjust my pricing first before adding newer work.
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Thanks Siena. I’ll have a look. 🙂
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Yes, some lovely images here – you are really impressive as a painter! I’m not sure that I want to see numerous ads for enlarged prostrates among the winter scenes though? Might be worth reconsidering?
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Tight budget here….maybe eventually I will rehost it elsewhere.
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I love that watercolour — it’s uncommon to see such strong colours in a winter scene but it doesn’t look jarring at all. Beautiful work.
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I also think your watercolor where you “ventured off” and worked from a reference photo you found is the strongest painting of this bunch. It just works on all levels: color palette and composition in particular.
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wonderful selection of wintry scenes – some relief from our gloomy/rainy days here in Seattle
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Thanks Steve. Our January weather has been too mild for snow, so if I want to see snow, I will have to continue to paint it!
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