Plein Air Marigolds

Sat in front of some Marigolds in Dow Gardens with my Monday Plein Air class --  attached are the results. This is watercolor,  on a dull orange colored pastel paper, then on gray and then in my sketch book

I took the photo at an angle, the square is actually a square, honest!

The dappled sunshine we were sitting in ...
beautiful, but not the best lighting to paint!

Done in inktense watercolor pencils
plus brown calligraphy pen

watercolor class

Finished!

supplies

sky and water

waves and birds

Did an all day watercolor class today ... we received 3 brushes and a palette as part of the fee!

workshop day 2

Still in process; needs more color

In process, with art gum still in place

On day 2 we did birches ... and used pebeo art gum for masking.

 I have 2 unfinished pieces plus the class projects to share today.

After art gum is removed, the whole piece gets a yellow glaze of thin transparent wash.

I may frame this one!               I love the colors.

Helga FLower workshop day 1

Wow, what a week ... 4 days of watercolor from 9 to 4.  On day one we did flowers from a bouquet; first one drawn in ink, then painted then add the background.

 I love how it turned out.

Second one we learned the drip vase, and eliminated outlines.

I gotta say, I am very tempted to go in and add some harder edges to my flowers with a drawing pen.

Daisies Tell

Daisy Challenge

Practice Daisies

Rose sketch

NOT FINISHED ... Dow House underpainting
I am doing this Plein Air and it has a lot of work left to be done.

  I enjoy the online still life challenge and just

 completed this watercolor of the June still life.

In hindsight, I probably should have left it a watercolor 

without inking it, but then I learned a lot by doing it.

I kind of like the wonky sketchy look.

What a Rose-y Day

The Rose Garden; Painters in the background

Start with a pencil sketch

Midland Outdoor Painters met today in the Rose Garden of Dow Gardens.

 I was the only watercolorist amongst oil painters ... but I was quite pleased with my results.

I submitted it to the Still LIfe Challenge.

Glowing Peace Rose

Remember to wash in the background!

"Mikado" hybrid tea rose

Book for Elaine

I worked on a sketchbook while on a trip to Florida with my friend Elaine. Unfortunately the trip did not work out quite the way we planned and she spent part of it in the Emergency Room at Cape Canaveral Hospital. I did a lot of drawings to pass the time.

Midland Outdoor Painters: The Tridge

Balloon Fest

Woke up to the sound of hot air balloons overhead.

David's Birthday card

I don't think David watches this blog, so he won't see the birthday card I made for him today. Now if I can get his presents wrapped and in the mail, I will be all set.

Hmmm. Wonder how I got old enough to have a 35 year old son.

hmmm. I think I need to practice!

Card completed

Front of the card is the lighthouse, inside you see the beach in Florida. We may be a lot of miles apart, but we are always close at heart.

Wish I had thought of that for the card, too late!

Livingston

I did this portrait of Livingston, who belongs to a very dear friend in Florida. At first I planned to do it as a pencil drawing. But then I saw Athena, created by  Yevgenia Watts. I still plan to do the background, but that can wait until another day.