Last but not least… Water Painting #5! (part 3)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI thought I was totally done with my series called “WATER.” But when I pulled #5 out of the drying rack to photograph it, the colors just looked a little weak compared to the other five in this series. So yesterday I added some highlights and have declared it […]

Finishing up Water Painting #3 (part 5)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCTHIS is the first painting in this series in which I experimented with adding crazy-colored-shadows. I had planned to just try adding a few teeny, tiny dots of orange to help the painting “pop.” I liked how that looked enough to add another color, then another, etc. It has […]

water painting #6

Export to PDF | Export to DOCOne of the elements I’m trying to create in each of my WATER paintings is the feeling that the grasses are gently moving in the breeze. Our neighbors have some of these same grasses at the end of their driveway, so every time I drive, run, or walk past […]

water painting #2 (part 3)

This oil painting is inspired by a camping trip we took to Edisto Beach State Park over Labor Day last year…

water painting #4 (part 4)

I just finished an oil painting of a fishing dock in Edisto Beach State Park. My blog shows photos of my progress.

celebrating the summer solstice while painting Water #6

So many grasses to paint on “water #6.” This painting is inspired from the shores of Lake Michigan.

painting what’s not really there (water painting #6)

Here’s the latest photos of my progress on Water Painting #6–a scene inspired from the shores of Lake Michigan.

Water Painting #3 (part 4)

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Painting more shadows in the grass (Water Painting #5)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCToday marks the end of my FIVE PAINTINGS in FIVE WEEKS personal challenge. How I’d do? Well… I do NOT have five complete paintings, however, I do have six paintings that are all very close to being finished. So I would say that this crazy deadline has helped me […]

Water Painting #4 (part 3)

I’m painting a dock that is located on the salt marshes of Edisto Island. I wish I were there right now…