Watercolor painting, robins, nest and eggs
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Spring in heart and in my art

The wonderful time when nature awakens

This is the time I live for: spring is in the air and so much beauty will wake up just a few weeks from now. The awakening of nature feels like a renewed energy raining from the sky, shining through the window and reflecting from the mirror-like puddles. Birds cannot stop their chirping and I, too, go with all this hectic spring rush.

My art is happy art

I have been painting all seasons, however, the biggest portion of my paintings shows greens, bright and soft colors of spring flowers and the blue tones of transparent spring sky. Clouds come and go, and one can be very sure that the sun won’t be hiding for long. The sun will open buds, grow grasses and bring many flowers to blooms. My pencil, brush and pastel stick are unable to stay in paint boxes, they beg to be put to use. Whatever I have decided to create, I know it will turn out to be something happy and inviting for eyes, soul and heart.

Simple subjects: messengers of spring

I do intend to start some more serious painting, but quite frequently I am interrupted by very simple and routine things around me. I love watching birds and the moment when a bloom opens. I can observe the sky colors and moods for hours. The same goes for mystic ways how trees grow their twigs and branches. When the heart is so full with spring emotions, I have to become part of this awakening mystery in the nature.

Watercolor painting, spring, nature

Peaceful, large watercolor, 20 x 16 in or 51 x 41 cm. The original is simply stunning.

Watercolor painting, robins, nest and eggs

This is an Easter nest, pen and watercolor on paper. Robins and their nest

Chickadees and apple blossoms, watercolor painting

Spring watercolor painting of chickadees and apple blossoms

Watercolor painting, white lilies

Easter lilies, large watercolor painting, 24 x 18 in or 61 x 46 cm

Watercolor painting, spring daffodils

Large watercolor painting of yellow spring daffodils, 24 x 18 in or 61 x 46 cm

So much art, get some

I will publish more uplifting and happy watercolor and acrylic paintings soon: I am very pleased to share some of many paintings which are forgotten while preserved in boxes and folders. They have been created over the course of quite many years. Art takes time, but I don’t think any other experience comes even close when one feels the painting is done and what was a white sheet of paper, is now a live story and delight for eyes.

Watercolor painting, apple blossoms

Apple blossoms, the messengers of spring and hope

It’s spring  and new beginnings. Enjoy spring paintings and get ready for Easter which is not far either. I usually sell some art around this time, hopefully, this year won’t be different. However, since I’m not back in Ontario yet and I am posting this from Europe, it will take a moment. Most medium size size watercolor paintings. Just contact me and I will let you know:

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44 Replies to “Spring in heart and in my art”

    1. Thank you! That is definitely right way to be. I will spend outdoors a lot of time, and frequently with brush and pencil.

    3. I just arrived, had a small rest. As soon as I’m ok I will also start doing something.

  2. I love watching birds too and I will be enjoying what I see this year, whether just outside where I live through my window, or in local parks.

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    1. Thanks Liz! I have extremely many birds of all sorts visiting my place in Canada. They come very close and some are not afraid at all. I have drawn and painted hundreds of bird paintings. It is a very lovely subject. The same goes for spring nature. I’m flying back home in 2 days, cannot wait to meet spring over there. It is sunny here right now, very warm, as well. It appears spring enters wishing us well.

    2. I love when birds come close. The only experience I had when birds came close to me as been a couple of robins. The last close encounter of a robin who watching me very closely before I realised was while I was visiting Kew Gardens in London. I was sat on a bench where I enjoyed that part of the garden for sometime on my own, when the robin appeared and perched on the arm of the bench. It’s beautiful to watch. I couldn’t say how long this was happening.

    3. I agree, it is a fantastic experience! Birds in my backyard are not scared as they were in previous place, so, I get a good look at them and can draw and sketch right away. Tiny and attractive birds are my favorites. Well, the biggest bird I’ve seen close by was seagull.

    4. Seagulls up close and very personal too. I forgot about that, until you mentioned about your experience with them. Thankfully not too often. Last time my sandwich got swiped and a drink went on the floor, due to one.

      Swans are another bird I have been up close and personal with. There is a res, in the next town where a particular spot they will come up close. Especially if they think you have something nice. I never realised just how big they were up close until the experience. I like to keep a little further away, if I can. 🙂

    5. I know, they steal food. That happened with food on my windowsill, too.
      I had forgotten about swans and ducks! And geese, too. See, how silly. I was thinking about my backyard, but definitely, most of us have seens, ducks, geese and swans.
      Thanks Liz for reminding me!

    6. Yes. I was same not thinking, so not alone. I was thinking outside and the park, before the swans came to mind. 🙂

    7. That was useful because it turned my thoughts also to other subjects. Well, I could even draw some duck or swan when I get home in Canada which will be very soon now.

    1. Thanks Shawn! Robins are lovely, some live around my backyard. This scene comes more from imagination, I have not seen a robin at nest. I thought it looked interesting.

  5. Beautiful Robins Inese – spring is here! You amaze me with the realism in your work – so patient and talented! I think of you often and hope that you are hanging in there and doing okay these days. I know its hard.. Hugs and love from California

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    1. Thanks Deb!
      Yes, the previous month was one of the toughest ever. Well, mom is laid to rest and life goes on.
      The realism comes naturally to me because I can draw very fast and whatever it is.
      My sister had found in mom’s wardrobe very old drawings of mine, I didn’t even know they existed.
      The amazing part is that I was drawing lots of portraits not knowing anything about any proportions, etc, but they all were very lifelike, very accurate.
      The same about buildings: I had no idea about perspectives at that age, but these drawings are absolutely correct regards perspective. I suppose, it’s just the way of seeing things.
      I have decided to do more pastels, I just bought a good quality set in Europe.
      I love watercolor, and drawing, and pastel, but the problem is they all need framing, and that is something I am not able to solve. Way too many paintings and way too high framing prices. I’d need I don’t know how much to frame some 2000 paintings, but I think, the number is even higher, I don’t know how many paintings I have, very many and everywhere.
      I saw your delightful demo on Facebook, it was really attractive and nice!
      I have to pick up everything now, including responding to likes and comments, because it’s about time to return to normal life again.

  6. Beautiful pieces of art….and I seriously love your work…. .I am an student..and I am also an artlover…
    I am new on this so I would like to have your support…for running my account…so please follow like and give your views on my post which will boost my confidence…thanku….😊😊

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    1. Thanks! It’s great you love art.
      Every experience takes time. I usually like what I like, and I think most people on WordPress do the same. If you have interesting content, people will return and follow or like your posts. I personally haven’t had time yet to review likes or new follows, etc. However, I don’t think that one gets following just following back sites that they are not interested in. I was following sites I really liked, and since I did that only here and there, but many on one day, WordPress blocked me out. It was just some 10 sites I really liked. I wrote about that on my other blog https://inesepogalifeschool.com/. Well, you do not get new followers and likes asking people directly. I think you earn that love and so on. Thanks for your comment!

    3. You are welcome. I wouldn’t take credit for that because I believe that’s common sense.

    6. Thanks! You learn as you go. Everybody does, the longer you do something, the better you become at it.

    7. Well, I’m sort of busy, I haven’t even looked at WordPress for a while.

    1. I was in Latvia at that moment, so, I just posted sort of review from of paintings, I didn’t have much with me. I have at least 1700 of paintings back here in Canada. Therefore, time to time, I just showcase some. Meanwhile, I also paint something new almost every week because of ongoing classes (at least 4 a week) and since I need to finish up art which was started months or even years ago. The newer posts show new acrylic paintings.
      Thanks! Spring is very late here in Ontario this year, still cold and rainy.

    2. It has been a bit cold and rainy here in Ireland too, but this weekend was nice and warm so fingers crossed. I wish I had more time to paint, want to get back into it. I’m going to share more of my previous work as I go along. Have a great week.

    3. Painting takes a lot of time. I have some paintings which took between 2-3 months, that was every day. I have such which took 6 months, too, but they are all large, full sheet watercolors, 22 x 30 in acrylics and so on. I use 20 x 16 in mostly for classes demos.
      Art is very relaxing.
      Have a good week, too!

    4. When I create art I forget time and everything, that’s the only time I forget to drink my coffee, and I do enjoy my coffee.

    5. That’s how it works, and that makes drawing and painting a good therapeutic experience. I’ve been writing lots of articles about that. Well, normal painting process should take the entire brain activity and all senses. Focus is important, so is decision making.

    1. Thanks! I used to draw, sketch and paint a lot of birds. Not that much recently since I do not have live art classes and I don’t give demos.
      I have about 400 or even more large pencil drawings of all kinds of birds. Some are just quick line drawings and some are very elaborated ones. I use them for reference when painting. I cannot really publish any of these because I draw them on semi-transparent paper in order I could transfer the drawing onto either canvas or watercolor paper.
      In fact, I have many hundreds of drawings with barns and buildings, as well as flowers. They’re usually large size, like 20 x 24 in or larger. Right, still life drawings, too. It’s my library, and when I need a reference for painting, I just take out a drawing from my huge folders. It helps.
      I notice that some of pictures look pale now. I’m in the process of taking new pictures, but some paintings are sold, some under glass, so I cannot re-take all pictures. Lily looks not like the real painting. The picture has no contrast, at least on my desktop device.

    2. Inese, I’m not sure, but you might be able to place a solid white sheet behind your transparent drawings and scan them in BW (300 dpi or more) into a file you can then print from. Scans for BW usually run less than a dollar. Might be worth trying one or two? Taking pics is tough for me too, lol! Quite a challenge without the right equipment!

    3. Oh, it’s not worth it! Over time, the paper crumples and doesn’t look smooth, but they serve very well as a base for paintings.
      Everything is also closed where I am in Ontario, still lockdown.
      Taking pics is horrible. I don’t think that between 2016 and now, I’ve got one single correct picture of my paintings. It’s just something crazy. Colors are always off, contrast too much or none, and editing affects the entire image, so it’s just as well. New cameras, good ones, are very expensive. I don’t intend to buy one soon. Well, it is what it is at the moment. The only thing is that wrong colors on a painting don’t allow to sell it sometimes. All of them have too strong green, blue and some kind of mustard color, and that I even don’t use or have on a painting. I’ve given up trying to get decent pictures, they just are not.

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