Monday Check In...

I did not paint today...
I did however paint all weekend at the show.
That painting is below.
Today I visited my Mom and had track practice.

Accepting students for March classes.
Check out the schedule...After March the next class is in September.


Newest painting...  21"x17"
Open to title suggestions!

2013 Still Life Study #8

4"x 6" miniature original watercolor

SOLD

A simple study of a pear.

 

 

Finished my barn... untitled...

22"x 20"    Love the color!

Packed and leaving in the morning, fingers crossed
for good weather.
12th Annual Hockessin Art Show
Held at Hockessin Memorial Hall in the
Hockessin Fire Hall, Hockessin, DE
Fri. 5-8pm ~ Sat. 10-5 ~ Sun. 11-4

2013 Still Life Study #7

4"x 6" miniature original watercolor
SOLD!

Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA

Busy day today, 5:30am ride my rollers, off to market,
teach a class, paint, teach an evening class.
Linda spent her morning rearranging our back room, we
got a new cabinet to hold the prints.  Worked well.

2013 Barn Study

6"x 4" miniature original watercolor

This is a study for a larger painting.


While vacationing in Ohio at friends I finished

my apple painting I had started at the CBA Show.

Linda loves it and that is a big endorsement!  In
fact it is setting in the kitchen area and I do not think
it is going to be shown for a while...
possibly the print for this year??

 Title suggestions welcome
24x18 watercolor

2013 Still Life Study #6

2013 Still Life Study #6
6"x 4" miniature original watercolor


Set up today for Fire and Ice.
I will not be there tonight, I will have our helper
Stacy standing in for me. We have tickets to the
York Strand to see the Blind Boys of Alabama!

Saturday I can be found in the front window of
Rudy Hall on Main Street from 9 to 3 (free!)
this show is during the Lititz Fire and Ice

2013 Still Life Study #5

 

2013 Still Life Study #5

6"x 4" miniature original watercolor

Since I finished my commission I am ready to get
back to my daily blog paintings.  I started with a
simple still life.

 

We spent 5 relaxing days with our friends in Ohio and

returned home on Monday.  From this point on I am
showing almost every weekend. Check my show schedule...

This Saturday I am downtown Lititz exhibiting at
Rudy Hall on Main Street... I am in the front window
from 9 to 3 (free!)  this show is during the Lititz Fire and Ice.

 

 

Commission update...This is the "almost finished" point.  Background is half finished.

I have several more hours of details to put into both paintings.
But you get a general idea.  I want to show my clients the
finished paintings before I show them here on the blog.  I am
very excited about them both, they look so much better than
in these photos!  The finished paintings will be posted later.

 

Commission update

We spent the weekend in Lincroft, NJ... showing.
My first show of the season and I am happy to report
it went pretty well.  Overall the show was not good for

many exhibiters but I was blessed with my clients coming
out.  We stayed with good friends which is always nice
and they took us to see the damage to the

beaches.  Wow... is all I can say.  You need to see it to
really understand.  All weekend I worked on a bowl
of apples which I will show later but on Monday morning
I went back to my commission. 

The crock on the left... 

 

 

Finished the little bottle with the
bittersweet.

 

I felt the right side was off balance so I added
a small bowl.

 

And the whole view.... now to tackle the
background.

Click over the photo to enlarge for a better look...
Any questions??

Another Commission Update...

I had to stop painting so I can pack the van.  I should
have done that on Monday... it is super windy and cold.

It is time to start showing again. 
This weekend you can find me in NJ.
CBA Arts and Antiques Show
Held at the Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, NJ
This is a long standing show that I have done for many
years and has had lots of recent changes.  Adding
antiques is the latest.  I fit right in!
Sat. 10-4 and Sun. 10-2   ($5 admission)Hope to see you there!

Also, my January watercolor classes finished today.
I still have a few spaces in February if you are interested
send me an email and check out my Student Blog!

Now to my commission...

OK, I was getting a little tired of painting baskets.  They
can be slow and a bit tedious.  I needed a change so I
worked on the crock.

 

 

 

But I am diligent so it was back to the top basket.  This is the first set of washes.  I will go back over
each rung until the color suits me.

 

 

 

 

Basket is almost finished...

 

 

 

And an overall view ~ Still lots to do
I think you can click over each photo to enlarge.
Notice how the weave on each basket is a little different.

 

 

I am very happy with the way this is looking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commission Update...

I put aside the first painting and wanted to
paint the objects in the second.  I have a pair
that will be hung together.
My plan is to tie them together later.
After spending a large amount of time drawing this
basket I slowly started painting each part of the
weave.  In a sense, I became a basket weaver for
a day.  Going back over with washes to make it
darker on the bottom and right side.  I love this
basket, would not change a thing.

 

 

I used this for my demo at the Lititz Library last night.
Hope everyone enjoyed themselves.  It was a full room,
I took lots of questions, talked about commissions while

painting.  I enjoy myself at these talks and no question is
to much!
Here are the beginning washes on the bowl.

 

 

 

A finished bowl and most of the second basket...

 

 

 

An overall look, I am starting the top basket.
You can see how I underpaint each weave.

 

Basically you are viewing 2.5 full days/nights
of painting up to this point.  You cannot rush it.
Taking time to slowly increase the shading, drying
hard with a hair dryer between each wash.
I think you can click over top the painting to enlarge it.

FYI: Time to sign up for February watercolor classes.
Held in Lititz at my studio.  Everyone works on their own
painting at their own speed.  Only $65 for a set of 4
classes and if you sign up for February and March it is
only $60 each set.  Very reasonable!

2013 Winter Series #12

A Painting A Day ~ Winter Series #12
6"x 4" Original Miniature Watercolor

Another view from my recent Lancaster County
morning travels. 

I actually painted this on Friday but ran out of
time.  We went with friends to Philadelphia over
the weekend.  Saturday we did the tourist thing.
National Constitution Center, Liberty Bell, Visitors
Center, Independence Hall and on Sunday we
went to the new Barnes Foundation.

Today I worked on my commission.
Spent all day drawing  the basket and I want to
finish the basket on the upper shelf before bed.

Tuesday night I am giving a demonstration at the
Lititz Library at 7pm (free) and plan to use the
other commission painting as a demonstration.