Tuesday, December 02, 2008

"Balloon"

When I travel to Julian, I drove pass many lovely areas, one of the places is Temecula. Top is inspired by the scenery along the way. Below are on-location travel sketches of Julian.

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39 comments:

Lorraine said...

beautiful scenery studies!

Mia Charro said...

your illustrations are allways full of colours, you are great!

Diana Evans said...

beautiful piece Alina...the ballon almost looks like a face...wonderful!!

ValGalArt said...

lovely!!! i love julian too :)

Brad said...

Alina thanks for stopping by my blog and the nice comments. Your stuff is FABULOUS! Wow I love the water color and the loose feel to the sketches. Great stuff.

jazzlamb said...

it is beautiful.so serene and subtle.i love the wash effect.
kaap it up..


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Lisa M Griffin said...

the colors in these are just wonderful, as are the brushstrokes. thanks for sharing

Gerald said...

That's a great balloon post. Love the colors. I'll have to try that one day...I live so close to Napa...Geez!

Kate said...

The top watercolor is especially GORGEOUS!

cathleen said...

Very nice colors, and fun paintings.

Gabe Ferreira said...

your paintings have a blend of colors like no other! awesome

adrienne trafford said...

the are all wonderful - makes me want to go there

Alina Chau said...

Thank you all for your kind comments!!

trudette, said...

You 're work is beautiful , nice loose style.

Alicia Tormey said...

Love the watercolor effect for the Balloon piece - nice work!

Anonymous said...

your work is great and everything, but every time you comment, its always saying "cool illo!" Don't you have anything else to say?

Cestandrea said...

Beautiful and inspiring, Alina!
Thanks for sharing
Andrea

Jampix said...

Nice color studies :)

Cathy said...

Beautiful work - you breathe so much life into your scenes!

AstroGuaje said...

Beautiful, I love it.¡¡¡

An said...

your watercolors always will cause that my eyes cannot separate from her. they are fantastic. Thousands of kisses

nellita said...

I love your water colors!! so expresive!;) Thanks for your comment in my blog!

Pea said...

wow.. beautiful lively paintings!Such a wonderful way of keeping the memories of a journey!

windlewood said...

Thanks for dropping by my blog, you work is GREAT!

Lenae

Christophe said...

Love the way you rendered the grocery store, with the electric pole. Such nice strokes.

Carli said...

beautiful artwork. I love the colors that you use. these are really nice

theartofpuro said...

Wonderful work,love the colours

Alina Chau said...

Thank you all!

Anonymous said...

What's the trick to getting so many people leaving you comments? Extra credit to your students? Ha-ha-ha! Do you just scour artists' blogs and leave comments? Wow, it looks successful.

Candace Trew Camling said...

Alina! Love the work!! Great job!

Anna Nadler said...

Marvelous watercolors!

Guillermo P. Mogorrón said...

The "card374" is one of my favourites in you entire blog, really.

INDIGENE said...

Alina, you've captured some beautiful scenery!

Juan said...

Fantastic!
Great work Alina!

Laura Marsh said...

what a gorgeous landscape!! beautiful color and nice, loose style.

Tony LaRocca said...

beautiful work, as always!

kim said...

If only I could actually see a scene like this in real life. beautiful!

Alina Chau said...

THank you everyone! ^_^

Ogami said...

hi there, like every one else i wont flatter u with my comments..as its quite evident of ur good skills. Im also a water colour lover and m a student studing in a design school. Since m also interested in animation i would like to ask u one thing, how can one survive with just, skills but no concept? ive always failed to face the fact.

sorry i shudnt have asked it over here...but i need ur help! thnx fr reading, bbye.