Last one!

Last watercolor painting for the Annapolis Maritime Museum Show. Whew...now on to matting and framing everything. I have to drop everything off at the event on Monday morning.
"Small Boat"

Another Watercolor

This is another watercolor for the show at the Annapolis Maritime Museum show starting June 22.
"Beached"

Three Sisters

I finished "Three Sisters" and it will be on it's way to the Annapolis Maritime Museum Show starting June 22!

Trials and Tribulations

I have been rather busy trying to get some paintings completed for the Annapolis Maritime Museum exhibit in June.
Thought I would show how things are progressing.

This painting is called "3 Sisters".
After drawing a somewhat detailed pencil drawing I applied masking to the boats to protect them during the initial background wash.

Then did several test strips of color to see which combination of colors I liked. I decided to use cerulean blue and quinacridone gold for the sky, ultramarine blue mixed with a touch of quinacridone gold for the water and dropped in some alizarin crimson and cerulean blue in certain spots.

Then the bad happened. My not even 6 month old $122.00 brush fell apart. NOOOOOO......
The good thing is that Jerry's Artarama will replace it quickly, but still a pain.

I hope tomorrow goes better!

On the Road!

Have been doing a bit of traveling lately participating in various plein air events. Back now and will be posting some work. First one is called "Dawn Reflections", from the Paint Snow Hill MD event, held April 15-19. Got up really early in the morning to catch the first morning light.

"Dawn Reflections"
6x8 inches oil on canvas panel

New Show!

"Trio" and "Havana Ride"
8x8 inches oil on panel

New Sales

Another lino print "Bird Nest" from my ETSY Shop is on its way to a new home in Washington state!
Almost sold out!

Plein Air Season!

I have signed up for several Plein Air events so decided it was a good time to organize my painting gear and get it packed and ready to go.

 I got my plein air painting gear organized and packed yesterday.






















Just bought this at Home Depot...looked like a great way to travel with painting gear!

Have my EasyL Lite pochade, paints, brushes, sketchbook, and on and on packed away with the tripod in it's own carrying case. This is for the more extended plein air paintouts.
http://www.artworkessentials.com/products/easyl-lite/

















 This smaller bag is for quick small sketches. This bag may just stay in my car at all times. Never know when I see something I want to paint!

The small bag has a Guerrilla Thumbox 6x8 pochade that carries paints and short brushes inside. The tote also carries a few small extra panels, sketchbook, drawing materials and a spare tripod that I bought at Goodwill for $7.

Good Boy!

My pet portrait is just about done. The cold weather and my cold studio slowed the paint drying rate but now things are speeding up quite well. Love this boy, he has such a great expression!

Spring is Marching in!!!!

It's been a while since I last posted anything. Have been busy with commissioned paintings and designing several websites. But I got a quick little study of some primroses I pick up at my local grocery store.
They just made me smile!

"Spring Prims"
4x6 inches
oil on canvas panel
$40.00 unframed