Painting in progress

This is a little painting I'm working on right now. I like elephants. They're so big and wrinkly and cute and fun to draw.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"Can you play croquet?"

 medium: watercolors

Close-up

 

Through the tiny door

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is one of my favorite stories. Something about it speaks to the inner child in me. Its cast of colorful characters and spontaneous plot-line makes it an illustrators dream. That's probably why there are so many versions of this book out there. I always find myself going back to this story and wanting to illustrate more pictures of it, so I'm sure we'll see more in the future.



"Cinderella"

medium: watercolors



close-up view





Out of all my paintings, most people say this one is their favorite. That's a little surprising to me, because I painted this several years ago. I do think it's one of my best, but I also think I've improved since then...

 "The Owl and the Pussycat"

medium: watercolors

Paintings

" Cogs and Cranks"

medium: watercolors

close-up view

 "Grandmother's Photograph"

medium: watercolors

 "A Bump in the Night"

medium: watercolors

So, I'm going to start with uploading some work that I have already done. I've tried scanning my work, but my scanner always turns up fuzzy images. These are from my camera so they may not be the best quality images. I'm still new when it comes to marketing my work, and I have yet to get them professionally scanned and printed but here you go!

Hansel and Gretel

"Hansel and Gretel"

 medium: watercolors

15"x13"

 

close-up view

 

This is probably the largest painting I've ever done. I started it as a Christmas present for my mom, but it ended up sitting in my closet, half-finished for a whole year. It just sat there staring at me, saying, "When are you going to finish me?" With almost every painting I do, I reach a point about halfway where I start to hate the painting (especially my larger ones). If I stop at that point for a long period of time, it's really hard to come back to that painting and finish it. However, when I finish a painting, I'm usually pretty satisfied with the end result.

First Post of New Blog!

Hi there! This will be the first post of my new blog. My name is Coleen Ball aka Master Coco, and I am an artist. My medium is mainly watercolor, but I often experiment with gouche, pen, and whatever else I have lying around. This blog will be dedicated to chronicling my adventures through the vast and mysterious world of art. I'll be posting my artwork, ideas, scribblings, and maybe even some tips and tutorials if anyone wants them. So enough with the lame introduction. Let's get started!

 Master Coco signing out