Sunday, May 9, 2010

Demo White Hollyhocks for Noonday Workshop

15x22 watercolor I did last Saturday at East Texas workshop in Noonday. Pencil drawing already done on 140 lb cold press Kilimanjaro paper, and painting completed in under 2 hours wet in wet using 1" flat Kolinsky sable. This is based on my photo of my own pale yellow hollies.
Instruction was on direct painting style/one application/3 values of darks first, medium, then light values.
This painting is SOLD.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

National Day of Prayer

On our National Day of Prayer, begun under President Truman, I am happy to post my watercolor of a church interior, 22x15 inches, painted Jan. 2009.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Calico

22x30 full sheet, Best of Show winner from a few years back. Small geometric shapes of rectangles and circles were placed on the detailed drawing then each area was painted as if it was its own little painting. This was done wet on dry ln 140 lb cold press paper.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Basket Sellers Nassau

22x15 watercolor on 140 lb Saunders hot press paper, painted wet on dry. The photo I used is one of many taken on our last Nassau, Bahamas trip and loosely rendered. These women sat on boxes in street corners daily trying to market their wares.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Joanna's Pots

15x22 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, painted wet on dry today.
This work is SOLD.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Irresistible Irises

15x22 inches watercolor on Italia 140 lb paper by Dick Blick. Drawn from pale yellow fake iris blooms, the color here is totally made up and is painted wet on dry. Some spritzing with water and splattering of paint done at random.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

On Line

22x15 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, painted last weekend using imagination and lots of water, a 2" brush, etc.

Thank You Veterans!

Happy Veterans Day to all veterans. To my own dad and his two brothers (all Army vets), and Marine nephew as well as countless coworkers a...