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Five reasons a painting retreat can boost your creativity

Five reasons a painting retreat can boost your creativity

how to, sketchbook, watercolorThyrsie CahoonFebruary 3, 2022retreat, watercolor sketchbook, watercolor journalComment

How do you get more impact with text for a powerful painting?

How do you get more impact with text for a powerful painting?

sketchbook, watercolor, paintingThyrsie CahoonOctober 30, 2021Luna, Moth, Luna Moth, purple, yellowComment

How to Follow the Yellow Brick Road to an Attractive Painting

How to Follow the Yellow Brick Road to an Attractive Painting

How to use yellow to your advantage in a painting

how to, sketchbook, watercolor, paintingThyrsie CahoonMay 7, 2021watercolorjournal.comyellow, art, watercolor, watercolour, watercolor journal, watercolour journal, sketchbook, Carol CarterComment

How to Create Striking Watercolors with Correct Value in your watercolor journal

How to Create Striking Watercolors with Correct Value in your watercolor journal

For years, I didn’t make progress.

painting, sketchbook, watercolor, how toThyrsie CahoonApril 15, 2021color, value, learningComment

When you see what watercolor can do for a sketchbook, you will want to paint

When you see what watercolor can do for a sketchbook, you will want to paint

Face it. If your sketchbook contains only drawings, you could use an upgrade.

watercolor, how to, drawing, painting, sketchbookThyrsie CahoonJanuary 29, 2021watercolorjournal.comwatercolor, sketchbook, how to, watercolor journal, watercolor sketchbook, how to paintComment

Banana Plant

Banana Plant

Banana Tree Blooming along Captiva Island, Florida. These trees are so lovely, I wish we could grow them in Arkansas.

flowers, sea, watercolorThyrsie CahoonSeptember 24, 2019watercolorjournal.combanana, watercolor, florida, flower, flowers, fruit, tropical, ocean, sea, gulf

Color Harmony

flowers, watercolor, still lifeThyrsie CahoonJune 18, 2019Van Gogh, Color Harmony, Emerald Green, GladiolusComment

Iris

Iris

Iris in bloom

flowers, watercolorThyrsie CahoonApril 9, 2019Iris, flower, purple, Flower, Flowers, flowersComment

Sketch made in Buoux, France

Sketch made in Buoux, France

France, landscape, Luberon, Provence, watercolorThyrsie CahoonJuly 18, 2017

Apt Market in the Luberon Valley, France

Apt Market in the Luberon Valley, France

Apt, France, landscape, Luberon, Provence, watercolorThyrsie CahoonJuly 7, 2017apt, France, landscape, luberon, market, Provence

Bouga Beauty

Bouga Beauty

BVI, landscape, News, ocean, sea, watercolorThyrsie CahoonOctober 24, 2016 Comment

Golden Poison Dart Frog

Golden Poison Dart Frog

watercolorThyrsie CahoonJuly 22, 2016creature feature, frog, golden poison dart frog, yellow frogComment