Alex Costa
@alexcostabh.bsky.social
Coffee, music and watercolour... Non-mastery is my specialty!!!
Fresh off the sketchbook, candidate for a larger painting. WIP... Colonial cottage from Southern California in #watercolor #ArtYear
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Fresh off the sketchbook, candidate for a larger painting. WIP... Colonial cottage from Southern California in #watercolor #ArtYear
Completed my rendering of Verdugo str in San Juan Capistrano, CA. I like the smaller cutout better. #watercolors #artYear
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Completed my rendering of Verdugo str in San Juan Capistrano, CA. I like the smaller cutout better. #watercolors #artYear
Made some cards for my kid's class. These are based on a combination of tutorials by other artists, with some additions of my own. #watercolors #artYear
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Made some cards for my kid's class. These are based on a combination of tutorials by other artists, with some additions of my own. #watercolors #artYear
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Practicing some items for the autumn/holiday season. Need to improve my trees. #watercolor #artYear
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Practicing some items for the autumn/holiday season. Need to improve my trees. #watercolor #artYear
Another exercise in learning from the masters, this time a copy of John S. Sargent's "Camprodón, Spain" (1892). #watercolor #artYear
Sargent's Original and copyright can be seen at www.nga.gov/artworks/523...
Sargent's Original and copyright can be seen at www.nga.gov/artworks/523...
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Another exercise in learning from the masters, this time a copy of John S. Sargent's "Camprodón, Spain" (1892). #watercolor #artYear
Sargent's Original and copyright can be seen at www.nga.gov/artworks/523...
Sargent's Original and copyright can be seen at www.nga.gov/artworks/523...
Fresh off the sketchbook. Finally painted that lovely view from my living room. #watercolor #artYear
October 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Fresh off the sketchbook. Finally painted that lovely view from my living room. #watercolor #artYear
One can always learn from copying the masters. This is a copy of a David Taylor's watercolor landscape.
#watercolor #artYear
#watercolor #artYear
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
One can always learn from copying the masters. This is a copy of a David Taylor's watercolor landscape.
#watercolor #artYear
#watercolor #artYear
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Took an amazing #watercolor course last month. Here's a graded wash made in class. #artYear
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Took an amazing #watercolor course last month. Here's a graded wash made in class. #artYear
Second attempt at the Basilica in San Juan Capistrano, CA. #watercolor #ArtYear
September 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Second attempt at the Basilica in San Juan Capistrano, CA. #watercolor #ArtYear
I wanted to paint a newer version of this one so I made it bigger too. 11x14 San Juan Capistrano mission, CA. #watercolor #ArtYear
August 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I wanted to paint a newer version of this one so I made it bigger too. 11x14 San Juan Capistrano mission, CA. #watercolor #ArtYear
Quick #watercolor painting. Impressionist style of Rothamsted Park, Harpenden, UK #ArtYear
August 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Quick #watercolor painting. Impressionist style of Rothamsted Park, Harpenden, UK #ArtYear
Sketchbook painting from memory. I see this scene a lot while driving around. (Also I see the possible jokes... If you know you know)
#watercolors #ArtYear
#watercolors #ArtYear
June 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sketchbook painting from memory. I see this scene a lot while driving around. (Also I see the possible jokes... If you know you know)
#watercolors #ArtYear
#watercolors #ArtYear
Another side of the Mission in San Juan Capistrano. This painting is best if appreciated from afar. #watercolors #ArtYear
June 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Another side of the Mission in San Juan Capistrano. This painting is best if appreciated from afar. #watercolors #ArtYear
The Basilica in San Juan Capistrano CA. First attempt at a composite idea (wip). The composition needs improvement... #watercolors #ArtYear
May 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Basilica in San Juan Capistrano CA. First attempt at a composite idea (wip). The composition needs improvement... #watercolors #ArtYear
From a few months ago before I started using the #artYear tag. This one hangs on the wall by my painting station.
Lunchtime painting. well... started at breakfast, paused and finished at lunch. Inspired by the great Paul Clark #watercolors
May 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
From a few months ago before I started using the #artYear tag. This one hangs on the wall by my painting station.
One of my favorites. One of my first paintings not to make it to the impressive"pile of shame". #artYear #watercolors
Invernes, Nova Scotia. Really enjoyed painting this one. It was going terribly wrong but turned out well in the end. #watercolor
May 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
One of my favorites. One of my first paintings not to make it to the impressive"pile of shame". #artYear #watercolors
Reposting with the #artYear tag. This one hangs proudly in my house.
Sadly the tree I based this one on has just been cut down. #watercolors
May 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Reposting with the #artYear tag. This one hangs proudly in my house.
#watercolors sketchbook paintings. A random bus stop in Southern California and Monument Valley, Utah. #artYear
May 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#watercolors sketchbook paintings. A random bus stop in Southern California and Monument Valley, Utah. #artYear
São Francisco de Assis church in Belo Horizonte, BR - in #watercolors. From the sketchbook. #ArtYear
April 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
São Francisco de Assis church in Belo Horizonte, BR - in #watercolors. From the sketchbook. #ArtYear
Boy at the beach in #watercolors. Quick painting from the sketchbook. #ArtYear
April 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Boy at the beach in #watercolors. Quick painting from the sketchbook. #ArtYear
The Cottage at Los Rios District, San Juan Capistrano, CA in #watercolors #ArtYear
April 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The Cottage at Los Rios District, San Juan Capistrano, CA in #watercolors #ArtYear