Daylight and Daisies Youtube Channel: Come visit my garden
Jacqueline Jax
Cultivating a Creative Life
A place where people learn how to live more creatively through nature, beauty, and the changing of the season.
I believe creativity grows when we slow down enough to notice the world around us.
The changing colors of a garden.
The shape of a flower petal.
The first blooms of spring.
The quiet beauty of winter.
Every season offers inspiration if we’re willing to look for it.
Visit me daily to be inspired by beautiful things that nature offers us.
Whether you’re here to paint, grow plants, collect handmade art supplies, or simply enjoy beautiful things, I hope you’ll find inspiration to cultivate a creative life of your own.
Join me through the seasons.
On this website you’ll discover …
Seasonal Inspiration for a Creative Lifestyle
Watercolor tutorials & Supply Lists
Garden photography journals
Original artwork and prints
Walks inside the art studio
What’s Blooming This Summer
(Sections ready to welcome you today…)
In The Garden: Latest Garden Journal
In The studio : Latest Painting
New Workshop: Current Lessons this week
Featured Collection: Current handmade paint release
Daylight and Daisies
Come see what’s blooming in my garden this week through my photography, video garden tour and weekly journal.
Shop Watercolor
Professional & handmade Watercolor inspired by nature.
Handmade Watercolor & Premium Papers available at JaxWatercolor
Shop Watercolor Sets
Hand poured watercolor sets from my Art Studio with adorable tins + dot cards. Explore all my favorite watercolors.
Monthly Watercolor Subscription
If you spend money on watercolor supplies each month why not try my subscription service and save? We pick a fresh palette of 6 colors to learn about each month, try them out and share our thoughts before buying a big expensive tube of the colors.
The monthly watercolor subscription service inspires your painting, with fresh new colors, delivered to your door, anywhere in the world. The membership can be paused if needed, and the colour palette will be announced before your order ships.
Plus subscribers save 20% on watercolor purchases and supplies
*Subscribers get free shipping on all additional order including international shipping.
Watercolor for Beginners Starter Set
Everything you need to get started with your watercolor journey. This set comes with a watercolor travel palette with 12 dreamy high quality watercolor, clip to attach to your palette to the sketchbook, 100% Cotton Fabriano Italy Handmade Watercolor Accordion Sketchbook, Instructional videos on how to get started.
Watercolor Classes
I have 4 options that should cover everything you need in watercolor classes for beginners.
Then the sketchbook journaling for beginners teaches you all about Watercolor and getting started. It’s the BEST place to start.
The watercolor florals for beginners with easy 10 minute step videos to walk you though painting all kinds of florals.
Spontaneous Watercolor class covers the unique effects of watercolor in florals, loose styles, glazing and layering.
The granulating sketchbook class is lovely with tons of landscapes and fun projects to paint through encouraging fun paint effects with granulation.
Watercolor Classes
Learn how to paint with watercolor. Jacqueline Jax now offers a series of Watercolor classes for Beginners. Learn more..
Granulating Watercolor Sketchbook for Beginners
Everything you need to know about painting with Granulating Watercolor for beginners
Iconic Faces
Known for her Iconic Faces, Jacqueline utilizes computer technology and Watercolour to create unique and powerful structures that intermingle to tell a story behind the faces of legendary iconic symbols.
Her ability to reconstruct faces to tell a story that reflects the personality of her subject is brilliant. JAX uses rich textures and shadows to make the image look 3 dimensional. Her ingenious approach to portraits is both engaging and mesmerizing delighting art fans as they gaze endlessly to find hidden images in each face.
The process begins with watercolor. Once the shapes are in place, the image is converted to digital and additional layers are added to turn the portrait into a collectors quality silver halide print with exceptional visual depth and a high gloss finish. Spectacular!!
Abstract ART
Jacqueline’s collection of abstract art includes florals, landscapes and urban sketches. The artists use of bold color paired with loose brush strokes shape the paint into structures that actively move the eye across the page communicating a story built around time. Every piece of art is a moment waiting for you to uncover the secret story behind it.
This series also includes the artists most popular monochromatic art works. Each of the Monochromes is a study of movement, perspective and reflection. They are spectacular and overwhelmingly powerful, especially in larger scale pieces.
Available in Archival Watercolor Art Prints, Framed Art Print, Framed Canvas Print, or Box Frame Art Print.
THE SECRET GARDEN SERIES
The Secret garden series captures the untamed and honest world that mother nature intended. Each artwork from this collection feels like an inviting doorway into a world of mystery. The pieces represent the road least traveled stirring a sense of adventure and anticipation. You can only dream of what is beyond the painting in the artists' mind.
Available in Archival Watercolor Art Prints, Framed Art Print, Framed Canvas Print, or Box Frame Art Print.
watercolor Classes…
Watercolor Demonstration Class
Open up new possibilities of expression with Jacqueline Jax. <Take the class>
Watercolor Online Demonstration with Jacqueline Jax
Open up new possibilities of expression for yourself with refreshing painting techniques in bold colors. Jacqueline Jax improvises on beautiful loose intuitive florals with two watercolor techniques “Wet-on-Wet“ and “Wet on Dry”.
When: Classes available now for beginners..
Language: English
Take the class: <here>
About This Class
In this class you will learn how to paint shimmering sunset abstract cityscapes in watercolor!
In this class you will learn how to:
Use flowing watercolor paint : liquid and tube paint
Understand how paint flows and how to control it
Learn how to be bold and fearless as you paint
The focus of this class is to help you put the theories of abstract art painting into practice.. By the end of this class, you will be able to paint the painting demonstrated, and be better equipped to tackle abstract cityscapes on your own. You will also be able to handle flowing paint easily and no longer fear the unexpected.
Take the class now… (here)
See more classes on Skillshare: (here)
URBAN PAinting
Don’t ever lose your dreams.
It’s your dream and the hope that you have for your future that make all things brighter. The worst thing that anyone can do is take away someone’s dream by making things seem hopeless. So when the world says give up that’s when you have to believe in yourself and push forward. .
Completed: December 13, 2020
Exploring the story of Secretariat, the worlds most inspiring horse who gave hope to the people during the worst depression in history. The U.S. economy was plagued with high inflation, an oil crisis, rising unemployment, and the worst recession since the 1930s.
Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who, in 1973, became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. His record-breaking victory in the Belmont Stakes, which he won by 31 lengths, is widely regarded as one of the greatest races in history.
Secretariats body radiates warmth in pinks and raspberries reminding us of how big a true heart can be and how that force is incomparable to any obstacle. In the story depicted in this painting, he is large, strong and a clear force with the jockey looking back in amazement as he rides along for this journey of his career.
This is the moment when the Jockey looks back and realizes that he’s not riding the horse, he’s just along for the ride. You learn so much from stories like these. Not only does the story remind us that all dark times eventually brighten but as Penny Chenery said...
“This is not about going back. This is about life being ahead of you and you run at it! Because you never know how far you can run unless you run.”
(pop art Impressionism) 16” x 20” $1900 -shop art
🌸This was such a great experience for me. Abstract Expressionism is one of my favorite styles. I'm definitely doing this again tonight.
🌸Set a date to come hang out with me on YouTube during my most relaxing time of the day.
We can have a glass of wine together, eat some chocolate and watch the watercolors melt across the paper.
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There is a quiet confidence in Perylene Green. At first glance, it appears almost mysterious—a deep, shadowy green with an earthy richness that hints at forest floors after rain and evergreen canopies touched by dusk. Yet beneath its dark elegance lies remarkable versatility. Handcrafted in small batches by Jax Watercolor, this paint is made with pure pigment and no fillers, allowing Perylene Green to reveal its full character. The result is a bold, uncompromising color with exceptional performance and ultimate lightfastness, designed to endure without fading over time.