I now have my own Regency outfit that my daughter made me. I was able to buy a lovely bonnet that was made by riennynn and my daughter also surprised me with a coral bead necklace and clutch to match. It will all be so pretty together and I can't wait to wear it.



I decided to include a watercolor with my new accessories right next to my self portrait.

He was sitting on the ledge of the window of my door. Since there is a light at night, he probably gets a good meal there when the bugs come. Kind of fun...

Even though my students are at a different levels in their understanding of watercolor, everyone enjoyed painting a new landscape.



Our next class won't be for another two weeks because of the Memorial Day Holiday. I plan teach different techniques and tricks for creating textures.

This was my demo painting for the class.

Tomorrow I think I will work on washes and reflections. Did a study to give me an idea of how I want to do a demo for the class. Most of the students are different levels of beginner and I have some a little more advanced. I want to keep it simple, but hopefully this demo will be bring a little of everything, and all can learn something from it. We shall see!

I wish I had more time for painting costumers in their period wardrobes that they so expertly design and sew. I love doing these little paintings in my hand-made book. I had a special request for the one below and I hope you like it. Some of you may recognize amaz0n_princess in all her princessness.

Since most of my students in my water class elected to paint tulips, I got the urge to paint them myself when I got home. This time I decided to use a hot press paper and play with another technique that I felt went with the composition and feeling I wanted to accomplish.



I am quite happy with this one!

When I got there I asked one of the members to take my picture with my new watercolor book.



If you haven't had a chance to see it you can preview at Lulu.com at the link below:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/jean-masetti/a-place-in-time-with-the-watercolors-of-jean-masetti/paperback/product-20033346.html;jsessionid=798820FFF07C97CDFFEFC3F7CED6719A

I painted this for my watercolor class to show what a finished painting would look like, after demonstrating a technique I wanted to teach them.



It has a abstract feeling to it and was painted rather quickly to create an happy flow to it.

This must be a good place to get a meal!

So we had our first class in a new series of "Watercolor with Jean". I have five students signed up, but only three came to the class. I did a demo and then worked with each student. As you can see by the photo, each person had her own style and painted some very pretty tulips.