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ROXANNE STEED

Traveling light with watercolor - a lifestyle

workshops & classes for your soul

YOUR MENTOR & GUIDE TO WATER MEDIa

 
 
 
 
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create! play! Laugh!

-it will set you free!

Hi there, I'm Roxanne Steed; my highest work is communicating the hopefulness and joy found in nature through my paintings, teachings, and collaborations. I’ve found the whole idea of ‘Traveling Light with Watercolor’ has expanded to a lifestyle. I look forward to sharing that with you here!

- “Roxanne, Thanks for continuing the watercolor classes on Zoom. I don’t know if I’d be dealing with the social distancing requirement as well as I am without your class and support. Stay safe!,” Brenda, CT

- “I really can’t wait to show you all my work that I’ve been doing these past few months. You have given me such a great foundation to build on. I feel I’ve improved and am learning something new every time I pick up a brush. Just last night, my boyfriend commented that I’m obsessed, having painted for 6 hours and didn’t even realize it. I was totally lost (in a good way) in the process. Thank you for opening up this new world for me. Especially now that we are spending so much time at home. I have something that gives me joy and occupies my mind. Hope to see you soon.” - Sue, CT

-”Thank YOU for being my teacher!!!! I so look forward to Tuesdays. I look forward to sitting in my “studio” and picking up a brush….sometimes with no idea where it will take me. I have learned so much from you and look forward to learn more….and more. -Barb, CT

-“Art is your vehicle but a genuine understanding of life’s forces make what you teach most valuable….keep on Roxanne.” - Janet, CT

 
 
Sharing my sketchbooks during Midsummer Festival at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.

Sharing my sketchbooks during Midsummer Festival at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.

 

Yes, You can Learn Watercolor!

 
 
 
 
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In-depth stories about my latest works, travels, and the artist’s life. -  Please join the conversation here in my journal/blog. 

 

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Updated Supply List for Current Class
Updated Supply List for Current Class

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Night Skies and Fireflies - easy practice techniques
Night Skies and Fireflies - easy practice techniques

Opaque watercolors 'floated' on top of transparent layers can make such a dreamy 'veiled' surface. But you don't want to 'scrub' it on or you'll lift that bottom layer and make 'mud'. Here's the visual on how to make that cerulean blue (in this case) float on top of the Indigo with a fun exercise in making a night time sky - and little fireflies added in for fun!

Traveling Light with Watercolor - What do Marie Kondo, Madame Chic, and Swedish Death Cleaning have to do with traveling light?
Traveling Light with Watercolor - What do Marie Kondo, Madame Chic, and Swedish Death Cleaning have to do with traveling light?

Spending most of my adult life as a military spouse, I’ve realized how ‘traveling light’ can make a difference in your life. It’s always been something that fascinates me, and keeps me intrigued. From the first time I moved house from one state to another, with toddler twins, I began to realize how a well curated life affects everyone in the household. It’s not that I’m a bare-bones minimalist….not even close.

Traveling Light with Watercolors: "Lighthearted" - how whimsy and play can improve our habits
Traveling Light with Watercolors: "Lighthearted" - how whimsy and play can improve our habits

I told my friends, “Look at this!!! I love this sense of whimsy….I want to paint whimsy!!”

“Well, then you should” answered one of my friends. (I do wish I had taken a photo of the three of us under that painting!).

But I just didn’t know where to begin. I had always seen myself as a ‘serious’ painter.

Traveling Light with Watercolors: Your Body/Your Art - What Does Mindset Have to do with It?
Traveling Light with Watercolors: Your Body/Your Art - What Does Mindset Have to do with It?

The funny thing is, as we’d meet for our bi-weekly class, I’d think, “Wow, she’s telling us the same kinds of things that I tell my students…has she been listening in on my classes”?! Ha! I suddenly put it together that mindset is the first thing we need to change when we are attempting something new, whether it’s learning to make art, or rebuilding yourself into a healthy and fit person.

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Beautiful, peaceful paintings for your home. You’ll be so glad to be surrounded with these views!

 
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