Scarecrow... NOT!

I painted this fellow because one of the projects this month for my watercolor group was to paint a scarecrow... since Fall is upon us. Well, this scarecrow was built by a gardener in Ireland who was having trouble with wood pigeons chewing on his vegetables. He said he slapped this chap up in about 10 minutes. It looks like the garden is thriving but I can't believe it's because the scarecrow can scare anything.

California Poppies

I did this watercolor of the poppies growing in my backyard. A friend at work asked me if I'd ever painted poppies. I hadn't so I thought I'd see if I could. I thought the white poppies were a little more unusual than the orange so I painted a view that had them dominating. This painting is on 7 x 9.34 Kilamanjaro 140 pound cold pressed watercolor paper.
SOLD.

October Glow

This painting is the September group photo paint that the online watercolor group I belong to is doing. I'm happy with the color complements and the fact that the light is so evident in this painting. It's a 5 x 7 on 300 pound Kilamanjaro cold pressed watercolor paper.

Chinatown

This watercolor painting captures San Francisco's historic Chinatown.  It features a traditional Chinese lantern with delicate bells, ornate pagoda-style rooftops with upturned eaves and authentic architectural details. 

 

The original painting is on 10" x 14" Kilamanjaro 300 pound cold pressed paper and is available for sale for $225 plus shipping.  Click here to purchase

Linda's Rusty Falls

The model for this painting was a photograph by a woman named Linda who is a self-described "old hippie". Linda explained that sulfur in the water caused the rocks to turn orange. I thought it was so unusual and I like the way the green rocks and the orange rocks complement each other.  

This painting is on 9"x12" 300-pound cold pressed Kilimanjaro paper.

Original painting ready for framing is available for sale for $195 plus shipping.   Click here to purchase

This painting is called "Cool Waters" and it's a group-paint project with my online watercolor group. This was a triple challenge for me: trying to create realistic water, realistic foliage and realistic rocks. All of these are tricky for the uninitiated! All in all, I think it works... 

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Girl with Hat

This painting was a class project. I loved how the abstractness of the coloring of her face blended with the background and the hat. Yet her facial features made her realistic.

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Bird Hummingbird

This painting turned out to have such a happy feel that I emailed photos of it to my friends. It sold immediately... my first sale! 

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Day Lily

This day lily was growing in my neighborhood. It took me a couple weekends to complete as I layered on more and more pigment to the flower and the background to really make the flower pop. 

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On Holiday

A sunny beach wide open for relaxing and enjoying the sun and the surf.

Watercolor painting on 6.75" x 9.75" Kilamanjaro 140 pound cold pressed watercolor paper and ready for framing.

$125 plus shipping.  Click here to purchase.

Silver Strings

This was a band I discovered playing at an art event in Old Town Temecula. They called their act "Older Than Dirt".   This painting is on 11x15 Stratford 140 pound cold pressed watercolor paper.

Original available for purchase:  $165 plus shipping.  Click here to purchase

Peace

Original watercolor on 10"x14" 140 pound cold pressed watercolor paper, ready for framing.

$195 plus shipping.  Contact Anne at califwoods@yahoo.com.

Carousel Dream

This was a class project. When I finished it I thought my little nieces would like it. I hid their names in the painting for fun. I'm getting it framed so they can hang it in their room. SOLD