Obtuse Study

Obtuse Study No. 1
by Artist Rita Squier

Original Watercolor Painting
Size: 11.25" wide x 9" high


I created a new series of watercolor paintings entitled Obtuse Study.  It involves an experiment of paint, color and water on paper.

This series is currently available for sale in my Etsy shop:  http://squier.etsy.com

https://www.etsy.com/listing/104244207/obtuse-study-no-1-original-watercolor

Long Awaited Product

You've chanted, "We want prints!" over and over.

The long awaited product is here! Now available in my Squier Etsy Shop is a special set of prints from my Dew Drop Series.

This time around, I'm keeping all the originals for myself and making the prints available to you for purchase.

Currently there are five different images available.

Peach Keen Drops

Aquamarine Drops

Irish Spring Drops

Cool Blue Drops

Purple Passion Drops

Print Size: 8x10 inches

Paper Size: 10x12 inches

Mix and match to your heart's delight!

They will look awesome matted and framed and grouped together.

More for My Dew Drop Series

Two Raindrops

by Artist Rita Squier

Original Watercolor Painting

Size 2.5 x 3.5 inches

Miniature Art

ACEO - Art Card

I love the dew drop series!

SOLD :)

Hot Hot Pink

Verzino Dew Drop

by Artist Rita Squier

Original Watercolor Painting

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches

ACEO - Art Card

A sneak peek at one of my most recent dew drop paintings.

Dew Drop Series is Back

Blue Meets Yellow Dew Drop

by Artist Rita Squier

Original Watercolor Painting

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches

ACEO - Art Card

Looks like the dew drop series is back! I've begum adding to it again. I do love painting these tiny little dew drop paintings.

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Tuesday's Tips and Techniques for Watercolor Painting

The Best Watercolor Brushes

Winsor Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable brushes are known through out the watercolor world as being the best watercolor painting brushes ever. I have to agree. I love my WN Series 7 brushes, I treasure them dearly. They can be rather pricey and are worth every penny. They hold the perfect amount of paint and water. They have just the right spring and snap.

Why do they call them Series 7? Back in 1866, Queen Victoria requested Winsor & Newton create for her the finest watercolor brushes in her favorite size, No. 7 round.

My favorite Series 7 brush is or shall I say was the No. 2 round. Sadly it has lost its spring, its snap ... it met its death mysteriously. It somehow rolled off my art table and onto the floor landing sable end straight down due to the kink when wet and attempting to swash paint across watercolor paper. I'm not sure if it was my error or the cat. Either way, it was an accidental death.

It is so important to take really good care of your brushes, especially your Series 7 brushes!

A Cosmic Series

Nebula 3

by Artist Rita Squier

Original Watercolor Painting

ACEO Art Card

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 Inches

I created a series of ACEOs called Nebula, a rather cosmic looking abstract series. This one here is the 3rd one in the series. This particular series consists of a total of 4 original abstract watercolor paintings. All of which are currently available in my Etsy shop.

Fun and Pretty Drops

Cherry Red Dew Drops

by Artist Rita Squier

Original Watercolor Painting

ACEO Art Card

Size: 2.5x3.5 inch

My dew drop series has been a very fun series. I have a few more that I will be debuting soon. This one in a cherry red color, with it's unique background is just so cheery.

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Matted Mini ACEO Painting

Drop Trio

by Artist Rita Squier

2.5 x 3.5 inches

Original Watercolor Painting

ACEO - Art Card

This trio of water drops is a new addition to my Dew Drop Series. I am adding a few matted mini watercolor paintings to my Etsy Shop. The paintings are the size of art cards, only 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, the same size as regular trading cards. I have set them into 8 x 10 inch mats which will fit into a standard frame.

Dew Drops For a Rainy Day

Aquamarine Dew Drops

by Artist Rita Squier

Original Watercolor Painting

ACEO - Art Card

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches

Today is such a rainy day this little watercolor painting of aqua blue colors fits the mood!

The Ever Popular Dew Drop Series Continues

Dusty Violet Dew Drops

by Artist Rita Squier

Original Watercolor Painting

ACEO - Art Card

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches

Another fun watercolor dew drop on a gorgeous dusty violet background from my ever popular Dew Drop Series. This one and more available in the Original Watercolor ACEO section of my Etsy Shop. Art Cards are very collectable little works of art!

Enjoy!

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Punctuation Series ... Continued

Pennies

by Artist Rita Squier

It is more important than ever to save those pennies!

Then spend them on original watercolor paintings!

Find more of my Punctuation Series in my Etsy Shop!

http://squier.etsy.com

Punctuation Series, Part Two

Wow! 

by Artist Rita Squier 

An exclamation point in blue, green and yellow.

Simply fun.  

I just had to share another one of my paintings from my Punctuation Series.

Have a great day!

Cupid's Footprint as Art Cards - ACEOs

Cupid's Footprint I is the beginning of my newest ACEO series.  After having come across the image of the original Cupid's Footprint which was painted last February 14th, I thought it would be great to create a bunch of these in miniature.  You can snatch them up from my Etsy Shop: http://squier.etsy.com along with a variety of other ACEO series I have created.  All of my Art Cards are original watercolor paintings.

Just a little reminder: ACEO = Art Cards, Editions & Originals.  They are created by artists to trade amongst each other and to sell to those who would love to purchase art from a variety of artists but do not have a large budget to spend on fine art.  Art Cards are a wonderful way to start up an art collection.  It can become an addicting hobby and luckily most art cards are sold at affordable prices, so if you don't have one to trade, they are easy to buy.  If you are an artist, create some of your own art cards to trade amongst other artists.  

Happy New Year!

First and foremost ... Happy New Year! 

Adirondack Winter I is an original watercolor painting 2.5 x 3.5 inches.  This is my very first painting of 2009!  Wow, 2009 I cannot believe it.  I would love to paint at least a painting a day for the entire year, but I vowed never to make a New Year's resolution, so no promises.  Besides I already have hundreds of paintings in my possession and that would mean 365 more!  Well, I already missed a day, I did not paint yesterday, although I did paint three maybe four ACEOs today.  

Adirondack Winter is my new ACEO series, this is the first in the series and I have already painted the second and third one.  You'll have to check my Etsy Shop now and then to see the rest of this series and perhaps pick one up for your treasured collection.  Don't have an ACEO collection?  Well, why not start with this one today?