Category: Watercolor Paintings

Here is a collection of Oksana’s watercolor paintings. These are usually small still life studies from life or nature, common objects, and occasionally people.

  • Star gourd, watercolor painting

    Star gourd, watercolor painting

    Every fall, my mom gets me a small net of gourds of different shapes. I really enjoy having them around the house and to paint them. Here’s another gourd painting! I wanted to make my watercolor paintings more vivid, so this one turned out with fairly high contrast. Do you like when watercolor paintings are…

  • Duckling gourd, watercolor painting

    Duckling gourd, watercolor painting

    One night I was set to paint some gourds, and… Doesn’t this gourd looks like an adorable duckling on its back? ^_^; I think with everything that’s going on, we could use a little of cuteness! I used watercolors to paint this little one. It’s 8.5 by 5.5 inches and painted on 138lb paper.

  • Yellow gourd, watercolor painting

    Yellow gourd, watercolor painting

    The beauty of pumpkins and gourds is in how long one can keep them without spoiling. Whenever I’m low on fruits or veggies, I turn to these! They come in variety of shapes and colors, and they’re just fun to paint in general. This time, I decided to make a painting of this yellow gourd.…

  • Three persimmons, watercolor painting

    Three persimmons, watercolor painting

    Here’s a first fruity still life in the series! It’s a painting of three persimmons. These persimmons came from my mom’s garden and were very tasty! ^.^ I haven’t used watercolors in years, but now it felt like I want to experiment with them. I also always feel upset for eating all of the beautiful…

  • Mermaid Illustration – Watercolor Challenge

    Mermaid Illustration – Watercolor Challenge

    I started this mermaid illustration a while back, but I wanted to do the finishing lines in golden ink. I finally got my hands on some, and it looks beautiful! It’s hard to capture on a still image, but the gold sparkles like magic! I also used liners in some places as I don’t have…