Kiss and Smile

Watercolor on paper,
8" X 8"

I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I like to keep a look-out for the changing seasons. Every time I am waiting my favorites: Spring and Summer.

My heart fills up with sun light, when I see blossoming trees.

"Kiss and Smile!" What I can say more about this Vireyas Bear Blossom!

Copyright Lily Serj, and LilysWatercolorPaintings 2008-2011

Painting - Not Posting!

Hi,

I know it has been a while since I have made any posts on my blog, but that is quite simple, you see!

I have been taking tips from other painters, searching for excellent examples of painters on the web, in blogs, and so on.

Then - I have been working on incorporating those suggestions and ideas into my own painting skills for the last few months. As I get better and faster at painting, like some of those whom I have discovered, I will be able to paint and post closer together, as in 'real time!'

One of the sources of great inspiration that I have found is from one of the teachers of the Sergei Andriaka Moscow Watercolor School, Kiryanova Viktoria Vladimirovna.

While her Website is just in Russian, I have made a simple link here with the site translated by Google: http://tinyurl.com/VictoriaArtist. Of course - you can use Google Translate to view here other pages if required, or just read in the native language.

I admire her pictures because she can create pictures on a par with some of the worlds greatest past and contemporary artists! When you see her pictures - you feel your are inside the room where the image exists in reality!

The other source of inspiration and information I have spent quite some time learning from and gathering tips and ideas from is the Blog of Jacqueline Gnott. She has been very helpful in answering my emails, and with her help, and a local arts store, I have begun to do more to further improve my craft.

I have been very impressed with both her Quality and Speed of creating and posting new pictures, sometimes almost on a daily basis. As such - she has inspired me to be more committed to developing an eye to both quality, and speed, and there have been a few times I have been able to make a completed painting in just a few days already!

Copyright Lily Serj, and LilysWatercolorPaintings 2008-2011

Bridge

I love bridges. To me, bridges connect shores as two hearts in love. With bridges, the way becomes shorter, and love becomes closer! A bridge is a beautiful engineering piece, and wonderful architectural construction.
This is one that I painted in Acrylic, instead of simply water color, because I wanted to show the ripples on the water better, have richer colors to show the details, and crisper lines.

This Bridge painting is one I painted while in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright Lily Serj, and LilysWatercolorPaintings 2008-2011

Bird's Houses

I was born in March and I love this season. Nature wakes up and also birds start to build nests for the posterity. I have represented this time in this picture. The picture is of no particular place, just a general spring theme, from anyplace or time.

As I usually do - I sketched out the idea, the area, the Boulevard, trees, benches, grass, birdhouses, etc. Then I chose the base colors and worked my way up, painting in the elements separately from lighter colors to darker colors.

Of course - doing the same scene in acrylic or oils would create a far different look, but with water color - the softer colors lend well in this type of image to an ageless event - Spring!

Copyright Lily Serj, and LilysWatercolorPaintings 2008-2011

Three Camellias

Camellias are flowers for Beautiful women.

The Idea to paint this picture came to me, when I saw a nice book about Camellias. The book had wonderful photos, and for my painting I chose one that I liked the best.

I used acrylic on the paper. There are a lot of varieties and colors among Camelias, just see some of them from a Google Images quick search.

There is even an International Camellia Society! According to them, They originate from subtropical regions in China, Japan and neighbouring countries.

Copyright Lily Serj, and LilysWatercolorPaintings 2008-2011

Moon Gate

Moon nights are a Magic time...
This Picture is my fantasy. I like to read fairy tales, books, or novels and paint my impression, or imagination, how I see some visions, ideas, or events.

For Example, the Gate of this Castle already hides the horse and messenger riding in to the Castle. The King is awaiting the News - when will his Queen return from her cousins afar. With the fog coming in, he is concerned for her safety as she is late, and will be riding in the dark, but hopes the moon will light her way well enough for her safe return.

Copyright Lily Serj, and LilysWatercolorPaintings 2008-2011

Venice

Venice is a city of Dreams.

The Fairy-tale architecture between water and sky...


The city stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.










The Republic of Venice was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain and spice trade) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. Venice is also famous for its musical, particularly operatic, history, and its most famous son in this field is Antonio Vivaldi. This unique city is music from stones and water

I painted a lot of Venice landscape pictures and all of them were sold.

Copyright Lily Serj, and LilysWatercolorPaintings 2008-2011