Tag Archive for: landscapes

30 Days of September

I finished 30 paintings in 30 days in September. Wow! I am so very happy about it. This has taken me a long ways from when I started this a month ago. I have learnt a lot and experienced a lot.It's been a very internal journey as well. I have…

Day 28 of 30 in 30

We have had some bad weather already so early. Strong winds and then thick frost last night. Most of my garden died from the frost. It was sad. But we had a nice warm day today with no wind. Taking advantage of that I went out to Willow Lake…

Day 25 of 30 in 30

So today was a day to get out of the house and paint. Well... By the time I started thinking about it, the wind picked up... It is sooo windy! But anyway, I headed out to Willow Lake. A beautiful spot. It's a reservoir that is built among these…

Day 22 of 30 in 30

Crazy wind all day long so didn't really feel like braving the wind and standing outside andpainting this mornig. Also was my son's 13th birthday today! So it was just a busy knida day.So I decided to put up my "extra" painting for today/ This…

Cresting Waves

Here is another technique I played with from Nita Engle's book How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself. Squirting water over already applied paint to make a wave Crest over itself.Amazing indeed!Cresting Waves7" x 10.5"watercolor on paper

Crashing Waves

Finally got my brushes wet after a long time. Summers are always a busy time. Despite the longer days there is somehow never enough time for everything :OI have been wanting to try out some of Nita Engle's techniques from her book How to Make…

Woodland Stream – finished

Here is the finale...Here I have just taken the masking off on the trees and bushes first, painted them, and then the masking on the water was taken off and finished up.I am really happy with this :)"Woodland Stream"14x18 inArches CP paperW&N…

Woodland Stream – WIP3

Here is where I am today...I removed some of the masking on the right side from the bushes and shrubs and started coloring them in.

Woodland Stream – WIP2

I forgot to take pictures of several stages before this stage, but here is what I did tonight:After all the atmospheric pours of red, yellow and blues were done and I was satisfied with the values, I started the splattering!Aureolin, Cadmium…

Woodland Stream – WIP

I started this a few days ago along with the Mt Adams painiting. Though I didn't manage to take many pictures...Here are two pics of the priliminary pours... The painting is much further along than these pics though. I'll definitely take some…