Watercolor on wood

Applying watercolors to wood can create a unique dynamic to your next piece of artwork. Here is everything you need to have a perfectly prepped surface.

I painted these with watercolor on wood (I coat the wood with clear gesso to prevent it from absorbing the paint). These paintings are all inspired by my love of nature and my love for myth and story. I try to present things from nature like trees or fungus as dramatic and expressive characters, instead of background scenery.

I've been using acrylic paints on wood pallets for awhile now and while I love farmhouse pallet signs I wanted to try something different. Something with more c…

You might have a few watercolor paintings on paper, that are already done and that you would like to mount on paper. Here is how to do it.

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FREE poppy art template and complete step-by-step instructions on how to add loose watercolor to your wood burned art.

For this piece and all of my artwork in general I create to exemplify the beauty of nature and serve as a reminder of how awesome it is to spend time in nature. I am a huge proponent for hiking and just getting out on trails, getting out into nature. I think that it is very important to take time for revitalizing and connecting with the outside world and I make my artwork to be an inspiration to do that.

I always alternate between sculpting fantasy creatures with polymer clay and painting with watercolor on wood, so for this piece I combined both! The face, with fungus growing on it, is hand sculpted with polymer clay and the surrounding trees and roots are painted with watercolor, with modeling paste to create additional texture. It's available for sale on my etsy shop.