2013 Winter Series #6

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

This was from a past winter trip to Gettysburg.
If you have not been there in winter, after a snow
I highly recommend it.  There is a silence you
cannot get in summer.

The meeting for my commission went well.
I think I have a direction and am excited to
start.  I think I will use it as a demo on this blog.
Plan to start tomorrow.

2013 Still Life Study #4

A Painting A Day

6"x 4" Original Miniature Watercolor

Another still life for my commission.
I am simply working on ideas that
my client can discuss with me.

Last class for the week was this morning.
Below is my Wednesday evening class.
Everyone is concentrating!

2013 Still Life Study #3

A Painting A Day
4"x 6" Original Miniature Watercolor

Still working on subjects for my commission.
Another two classes to teach today...
concentrating!

2013 Still Life Study #2

A Painting A Day
6"x 4" Original Miniature Watercolor

Another still life study for my commissions...

 

4"x 6" watercolor

This lemon was also a study, demonstration in my
class.... $25.00 to the first person who calls or emails!
SOLD!

Classes started today!  I always enjoy teaching.

2013 Still Life Study #1

A Painting A Day
4"x 6" Original Miniature Watercolor
SOLD!

This is part of a study for two large originals
I am working on.  I am trying to get ideas
together for my client to pick from.

It is about to get hectic here again.  I am
working on studies for my commission and
classes start tomorrow... yes you can still
join me this week... come on, the weather is
co-operating!

2013 Winter Series #5

A Painting A Day ~ Winter Series #5
4"x 6" Original Miniature Watercolor


Again I borrowed from my friend Nancy.
This is from one of her photo's from Rock
Ford.   I like the monochromatic feel to the
bare trees and lone bench.  It is either lonely
or inviting depending upon your mood!

We had a nice lunch with Abbey and Ben at
the Dispensing Co in Lancaster.  They were
in town for a Hunter get-together.
Other than that it was a quiet day.  Set up the
house for classes which start on Tuesday...
there are still some openings, give me a call!

2013 Winter Series #4

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


Winter has a stark look to it.  Patches of
snow left from a past storm.  A sky that
threatens bad weather.  This is how it had
been looking in Lancaster County.
Although today was rather nice.

2013 Winter Series #3

A Painting A Day ~ Winter Series #3
5"x 5" Original Miniature Watercolor
SOLD!

Thank you Stephanie Hartline for the photo you
sent me to work from.  It is her springhouse after
a snow.  Notice the snow piled on the plant.
I think a rhododendron...

2013 Winter Series #2

A Painting A Day ~ Winter Series #2
4"x 6" Original Miniature Watercolor
SOLD!

I love this painting, again thank you to
Nancy Bradley,  who took the photo from
Rock Ford Plantation in Lancaster County,
during our last snow storm.
I plan to make prints of this one. 
You are still buying the original watercolor
but knowing there will be prints available later.

I must confess that to make the snow falling
I had to use some white paint.  The roof and
snow on the ground is the paper but the splattered
snow is paint...  so I am not a total purist!

I met with someone who wants two large paintings
commissioned for her kitchen.  I am pretty excited
to come up with some ideas.  But it is always so
much harder to please someone than for someone
to simply fall in love with one already painted.
Much more pressure this way.

P.S.  Questions about this painting as a print.
Printed as an "Open Edition Print"  Meaning an
unlimited number.  I always print in the same
size as the original. So it will be 6"x4" and fit into
an 8x10" frame.  Retail $35

2013 Winter Series #1

A Painting A Day ~  Winter Series #1
5"x 5" Original Miniature Watercolor
SOLD!

Thank you David Lucas for the use of your photo.
I love the red of the barn surrounded by fresh
white snow.

In watercolor you save the white paper for the
white in your painting.  So you paint around the
snow, but you need to look at it like a puzzle.
Adding a bit of blue grey for highlight.
I am still in need of winter subjects, since I do not
like the cold it is hard for me to go out and take
photos!