2018 Still Life #18

SOLD!
4"x 6" Miniature Original Watercolor
$150. (unframed) Available to the 1st person to email.
If unclaimed by 4/19 at 7pm the price goes to $300!

Redware is the focal point... the handle on the tin cup points you back to the redware plate.

This Saturdays Show is in New Jersey:100% Handcrafted
Saturday, April 2110am to 3pmHeld at Robbinsville H.S.155 Robbinsville-Edinburg RdRobbinsville NJ

2018 Still Life #17

4"x 6" Miniature Original Watercolor
$300.

Some pretty great jugs!  Again, I am working on my technique of softening my lines.

My weekend:  I must admit to spending all day Saturday riding my bike.  I could not help myself, the weather was so nice.  I spent all day Sunday at the hospital with my brother's family while they go through a difficult family emergency.

An update on my larger painting:
I continue to add thin layers of washes, building the color and deepening the shadows. This is slow tedious work and it cannot be rushed or you end up with a muddy mess.  Notice the difference in wood color between the inside cabinet and the outside of the shutter.  The bottom of the cabinet is in shadow so it becomes darker without loosing the detail. The shadows from the window extend from the shutter down the wall.  Next will be to work outside the window.

2018 Still Life #16

SOLD!
4"x 6" Miniature Original Watercolor

$125. (unframed) Available to the 1st person to email.
If unclaimed by 4/14 at 7pm the price goes to $250!

I know, I know... another pear... but I love them.
I like experimenting with different ways to paint them. 
Nothing you would notice but I am trying to achieve a softer
look. Knowing where my highlights are without actually drawing
them in...  this all takes practice, yes practice even after
38 years of painting!  This is a really well done pear!

NEWS:  I am listed as #7 in the top 60 Watercolor Blogs! 
click to view!  Wow.. I have no idea how they find me but
I am honored.


An update on my larger painting:
Here is a closeup view of the work on the shutter.


My paintings have multiples of thin washes, working around
the highlights.  Other mediums add the white highlights at
the end of the painting.  With watercolor you must work
around the highlights. 

I just dry it and keep layering washes of color to get the
shade and depth I want.  This painting has a lot of wood;
the window, paneling and shutter.  But its the warmth and
shadows that interest me. 

Did you know... with watercolor you do NOT use white paint.
You must look at your painting and map out the highlights
and save them.  You build your painting from light to dark.
The paint is water with a bit of color allowing the paper
to be your light coming through the color.  That fascinates
and challenges me.

2018 Still Life #15

SOLD!
6"x 4" Miniature Original Watercolor

$125. (unframed) Available to the 1st person to email.
If unclaimed by 4/13 at 7pm the price goes to $250!

This looks even better in person.  Thank you Amy for
the image.  Glass with a rose.

I am putting in a little overtime this week, after I am finished
with my miniature I am working on a large painting.  20x24.
Its from a castle in France and I love the shadows across the
wood.  I will post my steps...

Linda measures my paper to fit my frame.  The paper then
gets taped to a board.  Next is the drawing.  I draw freehand.


More detail to the drawing.  This drawing is my map.
 

Now the fun begins.  I am starting with my warm under
washes.  I plan to work late into the night!

2018 Still Life #14

4"x 6 Miniature Original Watercolor

$250

I think the best part of this painting is the cushion
on the chair...  This was from a historic house we
toured in West Chester, PA.

Today is national siblings day...My brother Carl and I

Linda with her brothers,
Karl, Skip,  (me in the center!) and Jimmy

Spring Special!

“Spring Special”    April 9 to April 14
The Deal:  I picked 3 prints,  UNFRAMED at ½ off!
Get one for yourself and give one as a gift!

Comes flat, on a foam backing board wrapped in plastic.

Payment: I accept cash, checks, credit cards and PayPal
Pick up at the Studio in Lititz OR add $8 shipping

Want it framed?  Add $40 framing
your choice of black or walnut frame with a double matt.

Ready to order?  Send a reply email or call 717.627.3383 

PURRRFECT”  14.5 X 1”      
Regularly $25.   ½ OFF =  only $12.50
Cat lovers, this one is for you.. Not being able to paint everyone's special
cat, I attempted to achieve a mood you would recognize. Aloof, playful,
cautious, mischievous, and nosy. A  bit of advice I learned ...
"you don't own a cat, they own you!" But each are "Purrrfect" to their owner.
(Framed 20x7”  add $40.00 )

“PAST AND PRESENT”  15x13”   

Regularly $85.   ½ OFF =  only $42.50
Andy's love and respect for the past continue in his remarkable
work.  Featuring a range of texture from glass to clay to wood
in the objects once used in everyday life. Now, these objects
have become collectable treasures in the present.  
From the Old Salem Museum in Winston Salem, NC
(Framed 22x20”  add $40.00 )

“ MUMS”    12x17”   
Regularly $50.   ½ OFF =  only $25.00

Andy Smith wanted to share his love of mums with you.
Continuing his reputation for rich  use of color, light and
shadows, with his knack for finding overlooked locations,
he is offering you a painting of Autumn.  This allows you
the opportunity to savor the season long after the
leaves have fallen.
(Framed 17x21”  add $40.00 )

2018 Winter Series #6

4"x 6 Miniature Original Watercolor
$225

I was walking downtown Lititz after the last snow fall and saw this scene.  I loved the shadows dancing across the stones and the bit of snow laying on the window ledge.  I know its an unusual angle but I liked it.

Classes are finished and Linda gets her house back for a while!  I got our taxes back from the accountant and they are in the mail. I desperately want to ride my bike but it is so cold and windy...

2018 Still Life #13

4"x 6 Miniature Original Watercolor
$325

This is the left side of the wall cabinet.  I painted and sold the right side on Monday.  Nice light and strong colors.  Shaker.  My plan is to paint a large painting featuring the whole wall.  This is great practice.

Today we had a photo shoot to replace the 12 year old photo on my resume.  Linda wants to update the resume. Sadly remove the "track coach" line.

I also noticed Linda scrolling around small ship cruises for next year... 
I need to go paint!

2018 Landscape #3

4"x 6 Miniature Original Watercolor

$250

I think this is Chester County, love the stonework.

2018 Still Life #12

SOLD!
4"x 6 Miniature Original Watercolor

$150. (unframed) Available to the 1st person to email.
If unclaimed by 4/4 at 7pm the price goes to $325!

Another Shaker painting.  Lots to look at with strong light.  This is one of my best.  I will be painting the left side of this scene later in the week and it would make a fantastic pair!  Also thinking about painting the whole scene as a large painting.

I have snow make up classes Tuesday and Wednesday this week.  Other than that...just painting.