Reflections

This was the lake reflections painting that I have been working on for a while now. It was a very interesting painting to work on as I have not done a lake scene in quite a while. I am not sure that I am as satisfied with it as I wanted to be, but I did enjoy the process of working on it. It is a 24X18 size Acrylic.

Misty Mountains Watercolor and Life with Baby

This is my new Misty Mountains Watercolor. I actually completed it and another 4X6 watercolor postcard last month, but I have not had a chance to post either one. This was a very fun little watercolor that I actually completed while my baby was sleeping on my shoulder. She was on the left shoulder and I worked with the painting with my right hand. I was pretty amazed with myself that this came out so well while hold a three month old, but I actually have not been successful at duplicating the situation.

It is very hard keeping up with an artistic life with an infant. I tried to do my very best at it, but it does not always work as well I would have hoped. I thought life was going to get a bit easier, but then she cut two teeth early and is teething some more. I will cherish this time with her even if it cuts into art because it is the only time in her life that she will be a baby. Hope everyone enjoys the watercolor.

Cottage on a Hill

This is the last of the 5X7 postcard watercolors that I did last year. Cottage on a Hill is a mix of watercolor and ink intense pencil. This was one of the ones that I put in a little frame instead of making a card out of it.

Colorado Inspiration

These purple mountains and trees was inspired by my time in Colorado. I loved being in the Rocky Mountains, but it was fun to live in there in the Summer and Spring. I did not like the blizzards in the Winter; being a desert rat did not help the desire to avoid the snow. This watercolor is a 5X7 postcard size.

Desert Path

This is a painting that I did for a Southwest Restaurant viewing. I have done several cards of this scene that people really like. I added a few more details into the Acrylic that is 18X24. This is what it looks like now, but I might make some few adjustments for it over the next couple of weeks.

Fun with Colors Card

This is just a quick little watercolor card that I did this year of a landscape. I was mostly just playing with color at the time, but I do like this little landscape. It is a 5X7 card that I sold a bit ago, but I had snapped this picture of it before I sold it. It is always good sometimes to just relax and have a little fun with color.

Autumn Pond Acrylic

This was another acrylic created this fall as the Autumn Pond of the Journey to the Autumn Pond. I have this up in a gallery at Art Awakenings in Phoenix, AZ and at this very moment I am not sure what I used for the final name of the painting. This is also another 20X16 Acrylic which seems to be my favorite size to do as of late.

Purple Mountains Majesty

This is a 16X20 Acrylic called Purple Mountains Majesty. It has a bit of the Southwest added into it for a little bit of home with the saguaro cacti.

Landscape, Friday, October 8, 2010

I have been playing around with ink intense watercolor pencils. They are fun to work with. I painted this off of a watercolor pencil book by Cathy Johnson called Watercolor Pencil Magic.