Maria Yang's Watercolor Paintings - Flowers & Plants
Ballerinas | Flowers & Plants | Patterns | Scenery | Others
Leaves (10.5" x 11")
(May 11, 2006) I was playing around with different darker colors here and experimenting with mixing them wet. I was also listening to U2 while painting this, which helped it to be more fluid in style, as opposed to being on the rigid side.
Floral Gathering (9" x 12")
(March 29, 2006) Here I was trying to come up with different types of flowers with vibrant colors and with different styles and I tried to tie them together with a light green leaf pattern background.
This is a happy flower painting that should cheer anyone up.
Candycane Dahlia (9" x 12")
(March 20, 2006) I liked how symmetrical the colors and patterns are of this beautiful flower. I thought it would be a nice application of applying multiple darkening layers. I hope you like it :)
Hawaiian Flowers (9" x 12")
I was inspired to paint this after a family vacation to Hawaii. I took a number of months to paint this. I painted it here and there after work. I just kept adding and adding to the painting until I felt like it was done.
Bamboo
I painted this while visiting my in-laws in Virginia during Christmas. They had a lot of Chinese paintings in their house and Joel also got me a Chinese painting set, so I was inspired to try it out.
Bird of Paradise (9" x 12")
I love the strong colors in this painting. At first I didn't know what background color to use, but ended up using black to bring out the rich colors of the flowers.
Fading Beauty (2002) (8" x 10")
One night I thought I would paint whatever I was inspired to paint and just play around with the brush. This was the result. I called it Fading Beauty since it reminded me of roses that are fading away but yet remain beautiful. Reminds me of a scripture how we are all outwardly fading away, but inwardly we are getting stronger.
Flower Bouquet (9" x 12")
I love flowers and patterns at the same time, so I thought of painting flowers in a grid but still make it look like a bouquet.