One year ago today my husband Mike and I were in England, enjoying a lovely day on the Salisbury Plain. We toured Stonehenge and Avebury, and finished our day in Bath with a quick tour of the Cathedral right before they closed for the evening. The day was gorgeous with a clear blue sky. At Stonehenge, we followed the approved path that kept us at a distance from the ancient stones. At Avebury, there were…
Three ACEOs to ponder. All of which should be posted soon in my Etsy store. Pretty Cleo, 2.5″x3.5″ ACEO, watercolor on 140# Arches “Pretty Cleo” is another attempt at an image I posted a few months ago. She’s a cutie, isn’t she? The Twilight Castle, 2.5″x3.5″ ACEO, watercolor and watercolor pencil on 140# Canson This ACEO started as I contemplated castles and landscapes. I need to start adding more environments to my work. My imagination…
Castle Glow aka The Red Keep,2.5″x3.5″ watercolor on Canson 140# This started as an exercise in graded wash, and turned into a castle in the warm glow of late afternoon.
Two Landscapes, 4″x5″, Watercolor on Arches 140# These two paintings are my homework assignment from my watercolor class. The goal was to paint a landscape using tone and value and only three colors. In this case, I used cobalt, viridian, and gamboge on the top/blue one, and cobalt, quin rose, and ultramarine on the bottom/purple one. The paper makes a tremendous difference. I did a series of practice pieces on 90# Canson, but it felt…
A Walk In The Snow, 2.5″x3.5″, watercolor on 90# Bienfang Last week in watercolor class, my tutor taught me to paint wet-in-wet trees on the horizon, and small figures. This is a practice piece using those techniques.
