Miniature painting of pink roses

I enjoyed doing this little watercolor. It was a escape from doing my normal landscapes for dollhouse paintings. It was painted with transparent glazes. I tend to paint more opaque even with watercolor. Doing this one hellp to free my mind from all the static. Almost like meditation. I listed on ebay hope it does well.

Painted in watercolor on 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper by Canson.
I used Rosemary & Co paintbrushes. The watercolors are called Fine touch tubed. I'm not sure who makes them. Starting did a quick pencil sketch and then laying in the color. The painting was done with no background. This was to keep a graphic feel. 

HOW SMALL CAN WE GO

These are a small selection of really tiny paintings. Mostly done in acrylic. When I scan them to post or list I like to add coins or items to show a size relationship. This help people see how small they actually are. Putting as much detail as possible is really important when doing these. In the fantasy landscape with the castle if you look close you an even see the the road I painted in leading to the castle. The sunset landscape the woman's detail and proportions were super important. If she appeared awarked the painting would fall apart. The sense of depth in the barn landscape set this one apart. I love this one. The mice painting has a great exciting feel. This is done by the use of opposing angles and use of action lines in the figures.      

 

In this one you can see could fit on a dime and the castle is the size of a quarter

Here the woman in this painting is smaller than the tip of the brush

The barn and the cow could fit inside the dime in this wonderful little landscape

             This little cutie is setoff by the sax that would fit on the nickle.

THE ART OF PAINTING MINIATURES

Hi, everyone! In the past few years I have been creating tiny paintings in various mediums. I love doing  these small works of art. Most of these painting are done to be sold on Ebay. Although I do paintings in all sizes from half inch to murals this blog is mainly about miniatures. There may be some crossover posts when related. The purpose of this blog is to share my work, creative process, different techniques, successes and failures,and to give helpful tutorials on painting tiny works of art.
I also will be giving insights and helpful posts on selling small works of art on Ebay.
If you would like to view my ebay listings I have added a couple of links below.

This one is dedicated to cute animals and very colorful ,whimsical  paintings:  https://www.ebay.com/usr/mhcuteandcolorful
This one is all subjects and styles: https://www.ebay.com/usr/m.h.artworks


This is an ACEO I listed on Ebay for Christmas . It was painted  with acrylic and gouache.

What is an ACEO? ACEO stands for Art Cards Editions and Originals. They must be 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches. They can be any style and subject on any substrate. This one was painted on 140lb. watercolor paper.