Travel & Vacation Photos in Watercolor
Custom Landscape from Photo
Do you think of your vacation all year while at work? I do. Reduce your stress with a few travel photographs around your spaces to remind you to daydream. A more elegant solution is to hang a framed original watercolor painting in your office or home, one that brings you back to a state of rest, maybe a mountain you hiked or an ocean beach you walked. Anxiety and depression affect almost all people who lead challenging lives, who work too much, who have a lot of stress. Art is therapy. To make or even look at art is calming, resting, reminding. Art provides inspiration to get through the day. Good memories help when life gets difficult. These are called glimmers (the opposite of triggers).
My business and my offer is watercolor painting of your vacation scenery. I can paint a watercolor painting from your pictures or from your description, your vision of peace and beauty. A cabin on a lake, a secluded beach, a forest trail, a view from the top of a hill overlooking the ocean, atop majestic mountains. If you remind yourself of your best experiences, your happy memories, it helps to relieve the daily stress.
Original Watercolor Paintings for Sale
14″ x 10″ on Arches watercolor paper: Buy a watercolor painted from your photo for only $100. Pay me after you receive it. If you don’t like it, I will paint it again, guaranteed satisfaction or no fee.
I work with customers and their photographs to capture the appeal and magic of their special place. Please allow two weeks for starting consult to shipping. Please order early for Christmas gifts. Once you receive the work, I guarantee your satisfaction (re-paint or re-fund). All my original work is copyright protected and I paint all originals. I will ask your permission to use the image for marketing and I welcome Google Reviews.
Larger paintings on watercolor paper, board, etc. can be done: Commission fee negotiated. Pay half up front. Pay the remainder after you receive the completed painting. The largest of my paintings doesn’t exceed $600. Framing is extra cost but reasonable. Shipping is free in the United States.
See example watercolor scenery paintings with adjacent photos https://watercolorwildflowers.com/painting-vacation-landscapes/
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Call John at 402-943-7516.
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My Story & New Articles
I came through the tunnel at Yosemite to that first view of El Capitan. It was dawn and the sky was yawning and stretching with new light. Photographers lined the parking lot in front of the most magnificent view I had seen on my trip. I thought it was funny that the real “picture” here was them all lined up with their cameras.
My early posts have been about psychology, journaling, and working on life matters with my family. I knew when I left home that there would need to be apologies and reparations for upsetting my them and giving up my job. I’m living that now as well as practicing art on a regular basis. Art turns out to be great therapy for an overstressed life.
My latest posts are about watercolor art methods, new ideas for plaster and resin art, and my general study of topography, shape, color, light and shadow.
- Global Warming Art“Arctic” topographic art showing ice sheets melting, a sculpture made with plaster and resin. “Arctic” topographic art showing ice sheets melting, a sculpture made with plaster and resin. Watercolor was used to create shadows.
- Painting Vacation LandscapesThe weather won’t last so I’m finishing up my plaster and resin phase. I’ll switch back to lovely watercolor paintings of your favorite vacation spots or travel scenery. I spend …
- Three Dimensional Watercolorthree dimensional watercolor painting of tide pools using yellow, white, sienna, viridian, and ultramarine blue
- Plaster Casting for Watercolor (fresco)This article is about watercolor on 3D topographic shaped plaster castings with LED lighting for the sun. These shadows are incredibly interesting and change as the light moves.
- Jalama Beach at Sunset3D sculpture of land at Jalama Beach, California painted in watercolor, equipped with motion sensor light on the left side pretending to be the setting sun.
- Desert Shadowslights illuminate the desert landscape in this 36″ x 36″ watercolor painting on 3D plaster mountains
- Poppies and ThistlesPainting Poppies and Thistles is a recipe for disaster. The problem is blending. Getting the appearance of a wide hillside filled with orange and purple and green with flowers in descending size (receding distance) increases the likelihood of mud.
- Framing Artchoosing a frame for your art
- Vacation Photo Watercolor 1The inspiration which carried me through 40 years working was the vacation!
- Making Wildflowers 2Steps to make a wildflower scene with watercolor using a full sheet of watercolor paper stretched drum tight. I like to use water to move the pigment. Stretching the watercolor …
- Making WildflowersA very pretty landscape scene is a hillside filled with wildflowers. Like autumn leaves, wildflowers are transformational to the color of a landscape. Wildflowers change hills of green to patches …
- Lost and FoundMost of us have experienced being lost, if only slightly lost or lost for a short time. The feeling can grow from general anxiety to full blown panic. The concerns …
- Psychological Mountain ClimbingRather than risk my life (only slightly ironic) I am climbing mountains of psychology. When I was traveling, my brain spent any idle time ruminating about my choosing life in …
- JournalingMany people with depression journal their thoughts. It is a good thing for me – it helps to build concrete thinking about important things. It can also be fun. Write …
- Early EndingLucy the Art Bus did her best to complete the trip but her old age has prevented that. With 30 engine problems reported by her on-board computer, she just couldn’t …
- California WinterEast of Fresno, California there are many, many orange orchards. What I found fascinating is that the farmers trim the trees flat on all sides. I’m sure there is a …
- LighthousesAs a landscape subject lighthouses are very popular. You’ve got oceans, cliffs, colors, and the romance of sailors at sea in search of land. There are many lighthouses and many …
- PlanningSnowing on the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
- El Capitan State BeachJust north of Santa Barbara, this campground and adjacent beach offers easy ocean access and some nice views north and south. While walking the beach I saw dolphins popping up …
- Mount LagunaThe early morning view from Mt Laguna is inspiring. Light bends at the horizon to create prismatic colors orange, green, and blue. The blue of the sky becomes deeper further …
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