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COUNTRY HOME

Watercolor and Ink - 11x15

SOLD

Kathleen in Colorado is now the new owner of Country Home. She just sent me an email saying "Got the watercolor yesterday. All I can say is wow! Very pleased and will be buying more of your art in the future."

It always makes me happy to know that one my paintings is enjoyed and appreciated - thanks to Kathy for purchasing the painting and taking the time to send me a note.

The Power of a Single Flower

IRIS BLUES

Watercolor 11x15

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I often choose to paint one large flower where I can really focus in on the details of the bloom and make a dramatic statement with the overall composition. I began Iris Blues with wet paper and applied shades of blue and purple all over the painting and then lifted out paint for high lights and to form the petals of the flower.

SINGLE ROSE

Watercolor 8x10

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Single Rose is another painting where I focused on one large flower. I first lightly sketched in the rose and then wet the paper to paint in the background, adding some spatters of pink and green. I painted the petals after the paper was dry and enhanced areas of the back ground around the rose.

Both of these paintings can be found on my Auction page of Daily Paintworks here

A Positive Day of Teaching Negative Painting

SUNFLOWER SONATA

Watercolor 15x22

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Yesterday, I had a wonderful time teahcing a workshop for the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild. Castle Rock is a growing town, located north of Colorado Springs right before you get to Denver. There is a quaint downtown area and a strong group of artists that are involved with all sorts of great programs.

We spent the day focusing on the importance of Negative Painting in watercolor and in the afternoon applied the concept to sunflowers. We began by wetting the paper and applying background colors. Plastic wrap and salt can be used to add more texture.

When the paper dried we started to paint the areas around the flowers - or the negative space - to pull the shapes of the petals and leaves forward. Sometimes negative painting is referred to as 'shadow painting' which sounds a little more positive!

I will be teaching another workshop for GCRAG in April - you can see the details at my website.

Watercolor Collage and Another Auction

WINTER ROSE

Watercolor Collage 8x10

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Winter Rose is the second of my small paintings that I have on auction at Daily Paintworks. I used a little bit of everything in this painting, starting off with watercolor on wet paper, then adding some rice paper, then some acrylic for the white trees. Sometimes it is fun to just let loose and use whatever medium you have on hand to create a finished piece.

The Bidding Starts Now - First Painting on Auction at Daily Paintworks

FLOWERS OF THE SUN

Watercolor 8x10

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As I mentioned before I am now a part of the Daily Paintworks online art gallery and part of what they offer is the ability to set up auctions for your paintings. Over the next several weeks I will be setting up auctions for some of my smaller paintings - 8x10 - starting with Flowers of the Sun today. Bidding will begin at a low price to ensure that the process can be fun for everyone. This is the first time I have sold my paintings this way so we will see how it goes - should be fun so I hope everyone joins in!

Click on the Bid Here button above to see how the bidding is going.

Tulips, Nancy Medina and the Dallas Arboretum Art Show

TULIP COLLAGE

Watercolor Collage - 11x15

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This time last year we were visiting family in Texas and were lucky enough to be able to attent the annual Dallas Arboretum Art Show.

It was a gorgeous spring day and the flowers were in bloom everywhere, especially the colorful tulips.

My rtist friend Nancy Medina had a booth displaying and selling her beautiful floral paintings.

Nancy will be back again this year in Booth 44. To see more about Nancy Medina, her paintings and this year's show click here.

Watercolor and Oil Pastel Landscape

SOLITUDE

Watercolor & Oil Pastel - 8x10

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For Solitude I combined watercolor and white oil pastel. The pastel will resist the paint, leaving the white to show through. Since it is often hard to save your whites in watercolor, this is a nice way to have highlights in the water and white trees in the background.

This painting was included in an Etsy Treasury titled Pastel Brush Strokes. You can see more of this pretty spring collection here