Bunch of Beauty

Finished! Two more hours and it is done...I used only a black and white copy of the reference photo so ALL color, including the underpainting, is imaginary. These look good enough to eat!

Grapes - work in progress

Here's the underpainting for a bunch of grapes on the vine, courtesy Dewi on WetCanvas! I used a black & white copy of the photo ref and drew them in about 15 minutes, then a few minutes more to slosh on wet paper arylide, prussian blue, alizarin crimson loosely. I will take it along on my trip out of town tomorrow and hope to finish it in the hotel room. It is watercolor on 9.5 x 7 cold press paper.

Finished Red Bow

A few finishing touches to the background balanced this figure study of Carol. I added darks to the viewer's left as it was too light.

Class Work featuring Sue Ann and Joy Cowan

Here are two of the workshop students from yesterday. The first photo here is my Amarillo cousin Sue Ann who is getting her feet wet learning watercolor. Bottom photo is Joy Cowan of Odessa. Our lesson was on funtastic figures, doing a continuous line drawing of our chosen references. Their supports here were watercolor paper and matboard that had been partially gessoed. This is Sue's first time to do watercolor as she enjoys acrylic abstract work. Both appear to be proud of their day's efforts and we all had fun. NEXT WORKSHOP WILL BE JUNE 2011.

Demo Today's Class: Red Bow

24x18 watercolor on Canson Montval 140 lb block, contour line with watersoluble colored pencil to draw in about 15 minutes, then painted. I used my photograph of a woman named Carol, and this was my demo for the class workshop today.

Watercolor Artist Magazine

Check out current issue of this magazine for watercolorists, page 9, where they have quoted my entry on 'best piece of advice I ever got was...' In the description, I recall Doug Walton's words to those of us who have been studying with him for a long time.

Quickie Peace Rose

8x10 quick watercolor study of one of my last peace roses. The entire rosebush has died and was almost 10 years old with massive fragrant blooms. I was able to do some negative painting of leaves, stems, and buds with this one.
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