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End of Summer – Freely with Watercolor Pencils

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This week is about coloring freely with watercolor pencils. Let’s ponder about the change of season and how to process it through art-making!

End of Summer, watercolor pencil art by Paivi Eerola, Finland
End of Summer, watercolor pencils, size: A4.

New Season – New Colors Are Calling!

Even though the weather has been warm, I find that my thoughts are already turning to fall.

Coloring the bottom layer with raw umber. Using watercolor pencils for layering.
I started the piece by dividing the paper with a ruler and coloring mindlessly with raw umber.

When I open the box of watercolor pencils, my eyes immediately go to the brown shades.

Coloring freely. Using watercolor pencils for layering.
After filling the paper, I added new layers with brighter colors.

In the summer everything is bright and clear, the fall is darker and curlier.

Adding water to a watercolor pencil drawing. Doodling with a brush.
The water mixes the colors and creates new patterns. The brown bottom layer makes the brights more neutral and muted.

When Coloring Freely, Art Can Be Your Friend

10 years ago, I started as a full-time artist. At that time, art was a queen who I placed on a pedestal and looked up to. Today, art is not only my colleague but also my friend. We look at each other eye to eye and smile like-mindedly.

Coloring details. Watercolor pencils art in progress.
Abstract patterns are the best food for imagination!

“It’s such a sad feeling when summer is coming to an end. There is only a dark autumn and a cold winter ahead” I told her last week. “Don’t worry” she said, we have recorded the summer and there are many wonderful things in the fall too.

Drawing details with watercolor pencils.

Indeed, summer is recorded. In July, I started working on the course Joyful Coloring. Now when I edit videos, I devour them like comfort food. The sun really shines there. Happiness can be heard in my speech and can also be seen on paper.

A small project from the course Joyful Coloring in progress.

Everything indicates that I want others to have art as a friend too, not just on a pedestal.

Seasonal, But Freely with Watercolor Pencils

The watercolor pencils I bought in June (Caran d’Ache Museum Aquarelle) are already very dear. Because the color can be spread quickly with water, time is saved for details.

Using a brush to spread the color in the details.

It is important for me to keep not only painting but also drawing. By drawing freely, we create a bridge between the outer and inner worlds. We can break the glass and travel between what we see and think.

Using Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle watercolor pencils for creating art. Creating freely with watercolor pencils.

I gave this piece the title “End of Summer.”

Watercolor pencil artist and her art. Paivi Eerola, Finland.

When I look at it, I get the feeling that an end can also be a new beginning. A joyful thought!

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6 thoughts on “End of Summer – Freely with Watercolor Pencils”

  1. Päivi, what really impressed me most is not just the technique and colours, but the depth. I love the way you create it! I have joined and am really looking forward to the class!

  2. Paevi, I’m a french canadian and english is not my first language, but I would say how I’m enthusiastic and motivated by your art and all that you share! I’m going to sign up for some of your classes. I love all your works! Thanks!

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