April, 2009

Birdhouse- A Process Study

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Today, I did a quick sketch of a bird house in our back yard.   I thought I’d show you how I work on the dining room table some times, esp. if the paper is small.  This is my 5 X 7 sketchbook and my travel watercolor set .

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And here is the finished sketch drawn in thin black ink and then colored with watercolor!

Brentwood Church

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Well, here’s something different….while parked on San Vicente Blvd, waiting for my appointment time today, I sketched the church across the street…and quickly watercolored for reference.  If I decide to do this as an actual painting, I will probably change the front (I’ll have to get closer to see what’s there) and remove the pinkish building to the left as it isn’t very interesting.  We’ll see.  Again, I used my 5 X 7 sketch book, black ink pen and watercolor.

Daffodils

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I seem to be in a spring flower mood, although my daffodils finished blooming a couple of weeks ago.  Right now, though I have beautiful purple iris blooming front and back along with yellow and red freesias.  Hope you enjoy.

Miniature Bulldog

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I found this photo of a miniature bulldog just lying there looking up with a longing expression and decided to see what I could do with it.  I didn’t get the expression as well as I’d like.  I may redo it tomorrow in color. They have such dopey-sweet faces!   This was done with a flair pen then brushed with water.  Size 4 X 5.

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Poppies- A Process Study

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Just a quick flair drawing with water brushed on.  Size 7 X 5

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I decided to paint the poppies, later the same week…  Size 6 X 9.

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Nasturtiums

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Another quick watercolor of a spring flower.  This was one of our many yellow/orange nasturtiums last year.  Size 5 X 7.

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Spring Flowers

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Well, I was at a loss today deciding what to work on.  Sometimes those days just happen, and when they did in the past, I would let it go until something caught my interest….usually the next day.  But, since I’m a part of a painting a day group, I knuckle down and figure that something is better than nothing.  Not a bad philosophy.   So, the flowers below were painted from a photo that I took some time ago and forgot to identify on the back, so I’m not sure when and where I took it, I don’t even know what kind of flowers they are.  Thus, the title:  Spring Flowers.   (Clever, I’d say)
Watercolor (Winson & Newton travel kit that only has 14 little blocks of color for mixing)   5 X 7 on Strathmore Watercolor Paper Sketch Book.
Think Spring!

High Desert Blooms

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Location is somewhere outside of Vegas, but at a higher altitude of course.  This is a soft pastel on Canson paper   Size 100 X 12.    Enjoy.

Weimaraner

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Well, here is today’s practice….another dog….I’m not happy with the color.  It should be a pinkish grey, but that’s what happens when I paint at night instead of earlier in the day!  I also need to correct the eyes.  So, tomorrow I’ll either do some corrections or complete a different one.  Practice, practice, practice!!  This was done in watercolor on Strathmore paper   size:  approx. 7 X 5.
Enjoy!

Salt Lake Farm

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Watercolor 8-1/2 X 10″

Today I decided to complete a pastel that I started a couple of months ago.  This is painted from a photo I took a few years ago when I was driving south of Salt Lake City to see some property for work.    I’ll bet there’s snow sitting just like this now!  Viva Southern California!

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