Box of shells I

Watercolor 45 X 39 cm
One of my first challenges since joining Deviantart. I posted the photo I took of a box of shells, and invited others to create something in their preferred medium, using the photo as refrerence. The results were interesting, fun and amazing.

I found this painting quite challenging, since I don't really like to work in realism all that much, butafter many hours of working on it, and many weeks of procrastinating in between, this painting is finally finished.

Thanks goes to my friends on DeviantArt, who gave me some helpful feedback, and encouragement. Particularly my friend Pat, who is an inspiration with her wonderful watercolours, and whom I've adopted as teacher and advisor. Here's her painting of the shells. [link]