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Watercolor Rose and being in the Zone

White Rose, watercolor on 5 x 7 greeting card, 1/31/2009 I painted this last weekend and it was one of the only times that I ever had a “zone experience” while painting in watercolor. If you’ve never experienced “the zone” I will now describe it to you. It is when you are so completely absorbed […]

Painting Flowers is Good for the Soul

Orchid, watercolor on 5 x 7 greeting card, 1/11/2009 I cracked. I painted another flower. That day I happened to feel very sad and flowers cheer me up so much. I was actually considering buying myself fresh flowers, but I got cheap and used a reference photo I’ve been saving instead. I painted this on […]

Pointsettia (2008 Christmas Card) and my first post

Pointsettia, dip pen and wash, Carolyn Ann Pappas 2008 Pointsettia (WIP), ink, Carolyn Ann Pappas 2008 After some thinking about my priorites I’ve decided to switch back to a blogspot blog from Kouklacarolyn.com on WordPress. I’m looking for something easy and fairly low maintenance. And it didn’t help that I started having major issues and […]