Watercolour Painting: Landscapes {Beach & Hills}

I am a writer/author who has developed a keen interest in watercolour painting. These days, I find myself engrossed in watercolour painting --- painting, watching tutorials or thinking about paintings. 

I am a beginner and I like it. Making mistakes and learning. 

'Dare to make mistakes. It's the best way to learn.' Isn't it?

I bought new watercolour papers, colours and brush set. I feel excited like a kid. I sent the pictures of my paintings to my brother. 'Very nice!' he said. Then added, 'It seems your writing is not going well.'

I said, 'You got it right!' :)

This interest is actually strange. It's almost like writing or reading.

I painted these {two attempts as I am a beginner however, it didn't make any difference, I think. :)} It was for a watercolor challenge on Instagram where we needed to recreate a reference photo. 

This was the reference photo.

Then I tried to recreate a photo that one of my blogger friends, Shalini, posted on Instagram. Trying to recreate real photos is challenging yet fun.

And then I painted this beach scene.

I am a mountain person, any day. But, beach pictures are cool so painted this. 2.5 attempts & didn't want to paint the same thing again. Some other time, for sure! 

I've realized that if you are an aspiring/new artist, Instagram can be a great platform. There are so many painting tutorials/challenges and interesting handles to follow. As a beginner, it's an inspiring place for me {never thought I'd say this as a few months back, I was not really interested in Instagram}.

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