Thursday, September 30, 2010

Apple Bucket

This is 11x15 detail from a larger painting of an old wooden porch scene. Since it is now apple season I thought I'd post this one which is SOLD.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Cheeky Cherub

22x15 Caran d'Ache watersoluble crayons on Saunders 140 CP paper with colored pencil. This work is another for our upcoming holiday angels exhibition with Caboose Watercolor Society.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Mule Train

18x24 watercolor on Canson 140 lb block, American Journey/Daniel Smith paints, drawn for WetCanvas.com Weekend Drawing Event challenge. Participants are given 2 hours to choose a photo and draw or paint it. If not done by then you should take a photo, post that, then continue til finished, posting your completed painting for other artists to view and critique.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Stock Market

15x22 watercolor demo done today in Snyder. I used Saunders 140 lb CP paper with American Journey paints and Daniel Smith.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tintern Abbey Cows, Wales UK

11x15 watercolor from my May 2010 photo taken in Wales of these cows grazing next to the famous abbey.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

It Has Been a Year!

We are celebrating that it has been one year since Nita built my beautiful blog! Thanks to all my followers who keep growing in numbers. Thanks to her for all her hard work.

Here's a little info about the above work:

20x16 Arches CP 140 lb, Daniel Smith paints. I took this terrible watercolor done a few years ago of a woman holding a basket of flowers, and added flower shapes cut out of gift wrap, photos, and cocktail napkins glued on as collage. Her petticoat stencil was done with a paper lacy placemat. It is still bad but better than before. I shouldn't have put a red flower so close to her leg and might still cover it with another color so it reads better. Have more fun ideas brewing in this warped brain for me to do and you to enjoy looking at.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Dave the Cat

15x11 watercolor and pastel of Dave, Lin's (of WetCanvas) kitty who lives in the UK, courtesy photo. Included in the current weekend drawing event participants have 2 hours to complete a painting with furnished references, with challenges sometimes added. One of Lin's challenges was to use mixed media so I added pastel accents hoping to catch the disdain on Dave's face along with the haughty grandeur of a tomcat.

Dusty Quail Trail

11x30 watercolor on Daler Rowney Prestige 140 lb cold press paper done first of October. This commission has all the imaginary wildlife an...