Catherine Davila - Paintings

Watercolor on Arches CP paper, 22"x30". I wanted to try out a couple new colors in this painting. I purchased some Ultramarine...

This is a watercolor painting on Fabriano Artistico HP paper, 20"x16". I made my own Chromium Green Oxide paint from Gamblin p...

Here is another egg tempera painting, 5"x7" on Ampersand Claybord, finished just yesterday. I painted the initial layers in mars ...

I bought some mars violet powdered pigment and wanted to try it out. There are many colors with the word "mars" in the name, all ...

This watercolor rose is only 7"x10".  I finished it more quickly than the others, but still it took me a couple days (off and on)...

I decided to learn how to paint in egg tempera. Egg tempera is the medium that was used throughout the Middle Ages until oil painting was d...

I could not resist the allure of Daniel Smith's Primatek line of natural mineral watercolors. I used a great deal of Bloodstone Genuine...

This lady slipper orchid may look a bit menacing, but at least it's smiling! I got a bit loose and abstract with the background, while ...

This watercolor took many glazes of dark greens and blues to get the background dark enough. I didn't want to paint too dark too fast b...

Large, smooth rose petals required a shift in technique. I glazed each petal many times, each time wetting a sizable area and smoothing in ...