Dreams in the Golden Country

Tiny Painting - Flying Over Clouds

At the beginning of summer, my fiancé and I went to visit his family in Idaho and while I did do some sketching, I took a lot of photos for future reference paintings. This was one of them that I took on the flight home. I have forgotten how relaxing it is to paint clouds.

This is my first tiny painting and I am really proud with how this turned out!

The Elements of Harmony: Loyalty

The final pony from The Mane Six is Rainbow Dash and her cutie mark of a rainbow thunderbolt that represents LOYALTY in the Elements of Harmony.

I had a fun time creating each of the pony’s cutie marks using gouache paint! It was a good practice!

The Elements of Harmony: Kindness

Next up is Fluttershy and her cutie mark of butterflies that represent KINDNESS in the Elements of Harmony.

The Elements of Harmony: Generosity

Next up is Rarity and her cutie mark of diamonds that represent GENEROSITY in the Elements of Harmony.

The Elements of Harmony: Laughter

Next up is Pinkie Pie and her cutie mark of balloons that represent LAUGHTER in the Elements of Harmony.

The Elements of Harmony: Magic

Lately, I have been rewatching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, while getting back into drawing and painting during my free time and I felt inspired to draw each of the characters cutie marks and which harmony they represent using gouache paint.

Starting with Twilight Sparkle and her cutie mark that represents MAGIC in the Elements of Harmony. I will be posting more of the characters soon!

Materials used: Talens Art Creation sketchbook (4.7x4.7), and Winsor & Newton Gouache paints

A Peaceful Moment by the Sea

This past summer, I visited one of my longtime friends who took my bf and I to Belmont Park in San Diego, California. It was a much needed trip and I used my day at the beach to paint this beautiful seascape in my sketchbook.

When I got home from my trip, I added more details and included white acrylic paint for the sea foam.

Watercolor River Sketch

Recently went to Henderson Park with a couple of friends in Snelling, California where I took my watercolor sketchbook to practice drawing and painting a nature scenery.

The sketching process took an hour or less while I was at the park and the painting/coloring process took a couple of weeks to complete while at home. I used colored pencils to touch up and darken any shadowy spots. There are a few things I would touch up a bit, but I am proud of myself for really getting into this piece and completing it! I look forward to painting more landscapes like this.

Three Atmospheric Perspectives

Are you someone who would live in the Green Mountains, or the Blue Hills, or the Red City?

I made this in my watercolor sketchbook during the school year as a sample for my middle school students to show them that not only can they use different single colors to create their atmospheric perspective paintings, but they can also create different environments that they love or wish to be a part of. I had more students use either red or blue colors that I almost ran out of them for other classes to use.

I loved creating these little worlds in my sketchbook because this was good practice for me and it taught me which colors work best using atmospheric perspective.

Loew Cornell Watercolors on 8.5x6 inch Hahnemuhle watercolor sketchbook, (c) 2024