Roses and Crystal

Another DPW Challenge.  This one was take a Black and White photo and color it, keeping the values the same:

It was an interesting challenge, as most of them are.  I use this process a lot when I'm painting, but I also cropped and edit photos, often using more than one to combine into one painting.  Sticking to the photo as it exists and not changing the elements was the challenge for me.

Watercolor Wet and Wild Challenge - Pinecone

What a challenge for me...Whoa!!!....what a lesson! Lost in the maze of the form and using monochromatic brown, my most unfavorite color. In the end, I'm happy with it. Now what to do with it??

Narrative Figure Study

Susan Ironing, 15 x 22, Watercolor with Watercolor Crayon

Susan Ironing, detail

Yosemite Paintings

As promised, here are some larger watercolor paintings I did while on a painting trip this summer with my painter friend and neighbor, Martha, and two other wonderful artists, Teri and Betty. We took a workshop there with artist Fealing Lin who did great demonstrations and critiques. Can you see the influence (probably not, but I did get a lot from watching her paint!)?

Half Dome (above)



This was perhaps my favorite spot in yosemite - the rushing water filled your eyes and ears!




Happy Isles






It started to rain, so we took photos and went inside to work on the pieces.


Half Dome in the Mist

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Achilles ACEO

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2008.

A portrait of Achilles, a hero of the Trojan war. He was the son of the nymph Thetis and Peleus, the king of the Myrmidons. His friend/lover Patroclus was killed by Hector and Achilles revenged himself by kiling Hector and desecrating his body. He was later killed when Hector's brother Paris shot him with an arrow in the heel.

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