Tree studies

Yesterday, it was cloudy and misting. The perfect time to go out and study the silhouettes of trees. I took a lot of photographs of trees and an old farm house that I found. These are two sketches that I did. 

Starting a new Painting

These are the five different photographs that will go into my new painting.  I may only use a leaf from one photo. I may also flop an image to make the leaves go in a certain direction in order to make your eyes move around the painting. These are old photographs taken in Hawaii many years ago. The next time I go there I will be photographing with a digital camera.

Here is my finished preliminary drawing. Next, I'll do a value plan for the painting.

This painting will be 22' wide x 30" tall.  It will be painted on Arches 300 lb Cold Press watercolor paper; it's my favorite paper.

Mountain Visitor

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5" x 7" Watercolor and gouache on Cold Press Acid Free Watercolor Board.
I found this little guy on our vacation to the mountains two years ago. I didn't like the background so I changed it to another location I photographed about ten years ago. I always knew I would use that background some day, I was just waiting for the right subject for the foreground.

Water Lily in Red

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This is a watercolor painting, 11" by 14", and I did in June but forgot to post here.  In Austin, there is a great botanical garden called Zilker Botanical Gardens.  I visit there frequently and especially enjoy the water features.  This water lily was growing there.  I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks for viewing it.