June Butterfly

This is my first posted painting for 2009. I've been away from the paints and brushes for too long and it feels good to be back into my art. This butterfly was my submission to Watercolor Workshop, my online painting group. The group project this month was insects. One thing I'm working on now is putting vibrant and deep colors into my watercolor paintings.

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.
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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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