Eye study for yesterday’s portrait class

Watercolor study of an eye using Winsor Violet, Winsor Blue Green Shade, Permanent Rose, Winsor Orange, and Winsor Yellow. To create the brown eye, I used a combo of Winsor Violet and Winsor Orange.

Continuing to work

Here I've continued my three color glazing process, building in forms, shadows and the features of Kerri's face.  I'm interested at this point more at suggesting form than painting in details.  I'm also trying to get the turn of the neck and the form of the...

Almost finished

Soon to be finished is my new painting, Spring Blooming Quince  Just a few tweeks and it will be up in my gallery.

Check it out!

I'm so pleased and proud to announce that my work is being featured on Chris Beck’s watercolor blog:  http://brush-paper-water.blogspot.com starting today. Chris Beck is a San Francisco area watercolorist and a signature member of both the Transparent Watercolor...

SWWS Watercolor Workshop

Huddled around me are the members of the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society, during my three-day workshop in Vancouver Washington. Here I am showing Bonnie a couple of fine points of the portrait The beginning glazes on my portrait Hamming it up Here's most of...

Studio Tour 2009

Last weekend my home studio was open as part of the Open Studios Tour in Amador County, put on by the Amador County Arts Council. I had a lot of enthusiastic visitors and buyers.  Some of my students and artist friends came by.  It was so much fun having people drop...

Tracy Lewis

Tracy Lewis is a wonderful contemporary watercolorist. Her work is absolutely yummy, innovative and a bit macabre as her blog title attests: http://lollipopmacabre.wordpress.com. In the past, Tracy has taken some of my workshops and classes, but, she also studied with...

Another inspiration

Dan Petersen the co-judge of the 43rd Motherlode Art Exhibition is an equally, though different, inspiring artist and man.  His watercolors of the majestic Sierra Mountiain region are full of color and amazing detail. Dan says:  "My ultimate goal is to pay homage to...

Open Studio Tour

My open studio tour is coming up. The Amador County Artist Association  Open Studio Tour is scheduled for September 19 and 20, 2009 from 10:00am to 4:00pm. It is open to the public and free!  There will be a raffle of fine art works from each of the artists involved...

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