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Finished watercolor

Happy at last

At least for now. It is rare that I finish a painting and think, “That’s good. I am happy with it”. So I am savoring this! Anyway, I can’t find the reference photo I used. It was a green turban…

Finished watercolor

And Another

As noted in my last post, I usually work on several paintings at a time. And yes, I get obsessed with something and paint it over and over again until I get it “right” – that is until I am…

Watercolor painting of sea foam and a shell on the beach

Yet Another

As I have mentioned before, I frequently work on several watercolors at a time. Things need time to dry or time to ponder. I paint using Arches 300# watercolor paper well strapped to a drafting board such as this. These…

Watercolor of a ribbed Atlantic Mussel

Just another shell

I am loving painting another photo of a shell on the beach and inspired about the next beach scene. In a moment of contemplation, I thought, wait? What? Is this all I am going to do? Sand and shells? That’s…

Photography

Since deciding to do this blog and document the progress of each painting, the thing I have struggled with the most is photography. If you go back to the beginning of this blog, you may notice – I hope –…

Finished painting

Not Again

Yes, I have come to hate Koi. Never going to paint another, I keep telling myself. ! It was a bad experience that went on and on and… on too long. And never got better. Time to end the experiment.…

Finished painting

Tolkien Clouds

Odd things inspire me. I saw this illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien (yes, he could do everything well) and I wanted to try to do “Tolkien Clouds”. I read The Hobbit as a kid and Tolkien’s illustrations, to me, were fine…