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Last day of 31 days of mini watercolor paintings
I can’t believe this is an end of the 31 days of mini watercolor paintings challenge. It was amazing. I have learned a lot in these days…

Heli Naik
Jan 2, 20221 min read


Watercolor sky painting for day 30
This is the first day of 2022. Do you take any resolutions on the first day of the year? I used to do it when I was in school but after…

Heli Naik
Jan 1, 20222 min read


Watercolor evening sky painting for day 29
I decided to paint watercolor evening sky painting for day 29. At first, I was not into what I have painted. The first idea was to paint a s

Heli Naik
Dec 31, 20211 min read


Watercolor landscape painting for day 28
This is one of the best watercolor landscapes I have painted in the 31 days of the mini watercolor painting challenge. I love how the color

Heli Naik
Dec 30, 20211 min read


Watercolor night sky painting for day 27
Painting the night sky with watercolors is magical. To your surprise, I have never painted a night sky with cactus all around. This was fun

Heli Naik
Dec 29, 20211 min read


Watercolor landscape painting for day 26
I fell in love with these watercolor landscape sky colors. Whenever I imagine an evening sky, I don't know why but only red, orange, yellow,

Heli Naik
Dec 28, 20211 min read


Watercolor landscape painting for day 25
Mountains are a beautiful object to paint in your watercolor landscape painting. Especially when you paint a snowy mountain with a green one

Heli Naik
Dec 27, 20211 min read


Watercolor landscape painting for day 24
I love painting the colorful sky with watercolors. As I am writing this, I am thinking I should have documented process videos for all the paintings for you guys. Well, we will do that later. Do you guys like watching painting process videos? I used a picture Gian Porsius posted on Unsplash for reference. I love painting birds in the sky. It gives a special feeling to the sky. I would say, it gives a happy feeling to the painting. Many people struggle painting the birds, but

Heli Naik
Dec 26, 20211 min read


Watercolor flower meadow painting for day 23
For day 23, I have decided to paint this beautiful flower meadow from the picture Allyson Beaucourt posted on Unsplash. Unsplash is a beauti

Heli Naik
Dec 25, 20211 min read


Watercolor sea painting for day 22
The more I am getting close to the last day, the more I am feeling proud of myself. Before two years, I started a similar project like this where I decided to paint 30 flowers in 30 days. I was able to paint only 21 flower paintings. I was a little disappointed with myself but I learned a lot of things. From that project, I sold my very first painting to a beautiful lady from Bangalore, India. It was a very simple painting. There were three flowers and I wrote "be happy" belo

Heli Naik
Dec 24, 20212 min read


Watercolor landscape painting for day 21
Only 10 days remaining for 31 days of the mini watercolor painting challenge and I am already thinking to start a similar project like this. I am liking the groove and I like scheduling social media posts ahead and love how it is going. For these 21 days, I have been scheduling my social media posts in advance and it was really helpful. I missed posting on LinkedIn and Pinterest in between but that is fine. I am not so happy with how this painting is turned out. I could hav

Heli Naik
Dec 23, 20211 min read


Watercolor landscape painting for day 20
Can you believe it is day 20 for the 31 days of the mini watercolor painting challenge? I can't believe we have come so far. Previously in 2019, I started a very similar project like this where I was painting flowers for 30 days on 4 x 4 inches of the canvas. I couldn't paint for each and every day but it was very good learning. I used Gauche as a medium for that project. Watercolor landscape painting for day 20 For this painting, I took reference from Stephen Quiller's paint

Heli Naik
Dec 22, 20211 min read


A monochrome watercolor landscape painting for day 19
For the 19th day, I decided to paint on a deckled edges paper which is done by myself. I love doing deckled edges and then painting on them. It gives a rustic feeling to the painting. Painting a monochrome painting is my favorite method and especially for the mountains. Two years ago when I started painting, I painted two medium-sized paintings using the same method. I have a tutorial video on how to paint a monochrome painting on my YouTube channel. If you are interested in

Heli Naik
Dec 21, 20212 min read


Northern lights watercolor landscape for day 18
It is day 18 of 31 days of the mini watercolor painting challenge and finally, I am painting northern lights. It is on my bucket list to see northern lights in real. They are magical. Have you ever experienced it? Reference photo: @niebrugge from Instagram It was a bit difficult for me to paint northern lights for the first time but it was a good experience. I am going to paint another northern light watercolor landscape for the coming days for sure. Thank you so much for sto

Heli Naik
Dec 20, 20211 min read


Watercolor landscape painting for day 17
Today is the day 17 of 31 days of mini watercolor painting challenge. This is a very simple and minimal watercolor landscape painting. I used only two colors to paint this one. But before this I would like to share one important thing with you. I am hosting an event where artists like you and me are gathering to paint a landscape. If you are interested and want to book your free seat, you can go here and have a look . Watercolor landscape painting for day 17 For the reference

Heli Naik
Dec 19, 20212 min read


Watercolor mountain painting for day 16
For the day 16, I decided to paint this mountain I found on @tobiashauser83 ‘s account on Instagram. I loved the picture so much so I decided why not to paint watercolor mountain painting for day 16. I learnt this technique to paint mountains in @aurorabyz ‘s @skillshare class. And in my opinion, it is amazing. If you are looking any tutorial on how to paint mountains, I would love to suggest you to attend her classes. Thanks for stopping by. Love, heli

Heli Naik
Dec 18, 20211 min read


Watercolor sunset painting for day 15
We have reached half way to our 31 days of mini watercolor painting challenge. I am learning a lot of things and improving my skills. I am also trying to help other fellow artists as much as I can. I am planning to have a free watercolor landscape painting session where I will guide other artists on how to paint a landscape. If you are a watercolor enthusiast and want to learn, I invite you to join this event. I will provide you the details soon. So please stay tuned. I took

Heli Naik
Dec 17, 20211 min read


Watercolor sunset painting for day 14
This watercolor sunset painting is the most beautiful sunset I have ever painted. I simply love it. I love the color combination and I how to Yellow color is popping from behind the trees. Just look at this sunset, I want to be there when I look at this painting. How about you? This watercolor sunset painting is a reference from @poetsphere again. I love teaching how to paint watercolor sunsets like this. If you are interested, you can message me or comment below so that I ca

Heli Naik
Dec 16, 20211 min read


Watercolor candy sky painting day 13
For day 13 to paint this watercolor candy sky painting, I took a reference from Instagram account - poetspere. It‘s a beautiful account, you should check it out. Have you ever painted watercolor sky? If you have, you must know that it is very satisfying. When I painted this beautiful candy sky painting, I enjoyed the colors mixing with each other. When you are painting using a reference picture, don’t afraid to tweak it, depending on what you want to paint. You can add a tree

Heli Naik
Dec 15, 20211 min read


Watercolor light house landscape painting day 12
I have painted this watercolor light house landscape painting on a big canvas few months back and when I started watercolor challenge.

Heli Naik
Dec 14, 20211 min read
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