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**Todd Anderson** @toddanderson@mstdn.social · 5d

Todd Anderson @toddanderson@mstdn.social

Flower Vendor on Veenkade, The Hague. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Watercolor painting of a flower vendor along Veenkade in The Hague, Netherlands. Two large, square windows with drapes drawn are stacked above a ground floor flower shop with a green-blue and white striped canopy extending over the sidewalk and casting shadows along the store windows and wares. A sign with indescript lettering and a red tulip bulb hangs above the canopy and below a largely empty red-orange brick facade.

#directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour

**CordeliaAppleb1** @CordeliaAppleb1@hachyderm.io · Mar 12 *

Mar 12 *

CordeliaAppleb1 @CordeliaAppleb1@hachyderm.io

Circle of starlings beneath a spiral murmuration

#watercolour #watercolours #watercolor

**CordeliaAppleb1** @CordeliaAppleb1@hachyderm.io · Mar 9 *

Mar 9 *

CordeliaAppleb1 @CordeliaAppleb1@hachyderm.io

Woman meditating on knees at bottom of hole with spiral of swallows fly up into the sky where a body is floating looking down.

#watercolour #watercolours #watercolor

**Todd Anderson** @toddanderson@mstdn.social · Mar 7

Mar 7

Todd Anderson @toddanderson@mstdn.social

Cottage in Lauterbrunnen. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Watercolor painting of the side of a cottage in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. A two story cottage is sun-drenched with its upper story facade - made of horizontal wood slats showing signs of age in orange, brown and blue - houses a set of three windows above a flower box with vertical wooden slats. The three windows are trimmed with yellow-orange sash and show back darkened window panes, except for the middle which has more muted shades doing to it having a screen. The ground floor has a recessed set of three windows in shades of blue and a singular aged and blue painted shutter to the left. Several indescribable knickknacks clutter the exterior sill. In the foreground is green and ochre grass upon which set several objects, including a home made bench, casting a purple shadow against the cottage.

#directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour

**Todd Anderson** @toddanderson@mstdn.social · Feb 22

Feb 22

Todd Anderson @toddanderson@mstdn.social

House in Zaanse Schans. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Watercolor painting of a house in Zaanse Schans, Netherlands. A single level dwelling with a tall, sloping roof in orange tile occupies two-thirds of the middle, horizontal band of the view. The house has dark, blue-gray wood siding, and two elongated windows in white trim with red shutters, opened. The top two panes of each window are covered in a green yellow light, while the bottom panes are in shadow. The house has an attached, windowless garage in the same siding and orange roofing. Ochre chimneys rise from both the garage and house, and a thin sliver of a white trim facade stands to the right. Bright sunlight from the right casts angled shadows from the chimneys and garage extension.

#directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour

**CordeliaAppleb1** @CordeliaAppleb1@hachyderm.io · Feb 21

Feb 21

CordeliaAppleb1 @CordeliaAppleb1@hachyderm.io

#watercolour #watercolor #watercolours #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarell #flowers # #still-life #mastoartist #mastoart #painting #art #nature #tulips

**Todd Anderson** @toddanderson@mstdn.social · Feb 14 *

Feb 14 *

Todd Anderson @toddanderson@mstdn.social

Along Groot Hertoginnelaan. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Watercolor painting of an apartment block along Groot Hertoginnelaan in The Hague. A large, orange brick building is sun drenched with elongated upper two-story windows reflecting back light from closed shades. The ground floor is speckled in blue-purple shadows from a building behind the viewer. To the left is a vacant store interplayed with an interior blocking out shadow and light. To the right is an entrance to the apartment building with a yellow-orange door and small thin, vertical window. Rising in an expansive empty area of brick spanning the upper two floors, is a shadow of a lamppost. The street and sidewalk in the foreground echo back the light reflected in the storefront windows.

#directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour

**Todd Anderson** @toddanderson@mstdn.social · Feb 5

Feb 5

Todd Anderson @toddanderson@mstdn.social

Bonte Ossteeg, Delft. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb. Arches Cold Press.

Watercolor painting of a small alley off the Markt in Delft, Netherlands. Two brick buildings with yellow trim and ground floor restaurants flank a small alley covered in angled shadows leading to a cross street with darkened windows. The buildings on either side have large second story windows and shorter third story windows, with the windows on the left reflecting more white light from the blue sky. Both buildings have canopies hanging over eateries covered in blocks of shadow and sunlit colors of reds, blues and oranges. The canopy on the left is gray with blue stripes, while the canopy on the right is a bright yellow; both leading the viewer to the darkened alley between.

#directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour

**Todd Anderson** @toddanderson@mstdn.social · Jan 30

Jan 30

Todd Anderson @toddanderson@mstdn.social

Corner Store, Laan van Meerdervoort. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Watercolor painting of a corner store at the corner of Laan van Meerdervoort and Beeklaan in The Hague, Netherlands. Large, bright orange canopies extend out, wrapping storefront windows and an entry to a corner store. The sun, coming from behind the right shoulder of the viewer drenches the top facing parts of the segmented canopies and draws angle light across the storefront and sidewalk signs. On the second floor are tall apartment windows, separated from the canopies by a large concrete banding holding shop signs. To the right, the bright blue sky can be seen in the background.

#directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour

**CordeliaAppleb1** @CordeliaAppleb1@hachyderm.io · Jan 30 *

**Erik van Schaaik** @erikvanschaaik@pixelfed.social · Jan 30

Jan 30

Erik van Schaaik @erikvanschaaik@pixelfed.social

I like drinking bottles. Did I say drinking? I meant drawing bottles.
The main goal was to test out some new paint tubes: Phthalo Blue, Cobalt Turquoise, and Helio Turquoise. That, and having a gloeibier—a warm cherry beer. It sounds awful, but it's actually similar to Glühwein or mulled wine, which is quite nice on a cold winter day.

#watercolors #watercolours #aquarel #urbanpainting #UrbanSketching #thehague #denhaag #beer #pub #bar

A line drawing with watercolors of a bar with a tall cabinet full of liquor bottles and glasses, cheerfully lit.

#bar

**Todd Anderson** @toddanderson@mstdn.social · Jan 24

Jan 24

Todd Anderson @toddanderson@mstdn.social

Along Willem de Zwijgerlaan, Statenkwartier. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Spent way too long in the details phase. This, after ruining several other sheets of paper... rough go at it lately.

Watercolor painting of buildings along Willem de Zwijgerlaan in the Statenkwartier district of The Hague, Netherlands. A large, three story block of second and third floor apartments resides above ground-level storefronts. The orange-ref brick facade houses large arched windows on the second and third floors, flanked by rectangular windows, alternating in reflecting back the bright blue sky and revealing dark interiors. The ground floor storefronts show large windows with angled light and non-descript wares below large gray canopies, leading to a dark entry in the center. In the foreground, an ochre sidewalk is covered in angled shadows.

#directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour

**Anne Ljbx** @anneljbx@mastodon.social · Jan 24

Jan 24

Anne Ljbx @anneljbx@mastodon.social

C'est à l'endroit où l'eau est la plus profonde, qu'elle est le plus calme.

#watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle

**Erik van Schaaik** @erikvanschaaik@pixelfed.social · Jan 23

Jan 23

Erik van Schaaik @erikvanschaaik@pixelfed.social

I was in a pub in Delft, listening to some jazz with my urban sketching companions.

#beer #jazz #doublebass #musician #delft #urbansketch #urbanpainting #netherlands #watercolor #watercolour #aquarel

A watercoloured drawing of a chubby double bass player.

#aquarel

**Amanda Steenkist** @Mndah@mastodon.art · Jan 19

Jan 19

Amanda Steenkist @Mndah@mastodon.art

Watercolor by Shari Blaukopf

Watercolor painting of a house in the snow, a Pathé Lessing to the house with pools of water. There is reflection of the house in the pools

#aquarel #MastoArt #watercolor

**FiXato** @FiXato@toot.cat · Jan 19

Jan 19

FiXato @FiXato@toot.cat

Last night I wanted to explore the world of #Mana a bit more in watercolours, so I decided to paint a scene I had in mind to celebrate a Dutch Discord friend getting a new job.

#FiXatoPaints #FiXatoCreative #SecretOfMana #GreatForest #spring #springForest #Primm #Purim #Purimu #rabite #rabites #SNES #gameArt #SuperNintendo #gaming #Mana #WorldOfMana
#painting
#mastoArt #fediArt #artShare #creativeToot #creativeToots
#aquarelle #aquarel #akvarell #waterColour #waterColours #waterColor