High Road to Lavender

High Road to Lavender
Watercolor on Saint-Armand watercolor paper
7 x 10", archival mat & backing to 16 x 20"
$295 framed
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I know that this looks a lot like Monday's post, Sky Lane. It should. I took the same idea and palette up to 7 x 10". It's definitely its own piece, though.

The final day of Degas in pencil at Studies and Sketches plus a rare video interview with Aldous Huxley shortly before his death at My Great Day.

Blazed

Blazed
Watercolor on Saint-Armand watercolor paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$85
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Drawings after Degas this week at Studies and Sketches plus I found a very sexy picture of Aldous Huxley for his post on My Great Day.

Grief

Grief
Watercolor on Saint-Armand watercolor paper
5 x 7", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$85
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New drawings based on work Degas this week at Studies and Sketches, and more on drawing (from Werner Pfarr) at My Great Day.

Straight Violet

Straight Violet
Watercolor on Saint-Armand watercolor paper
5 x 7", archival mat & backing to 11 x 14"
$100
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New drawings based on Degas this week at Studies and Sketches. If you're a watercolor artist, you'll enjoy My Great Day post on the significance of watercolor in the development of landscape painting.

Sky Lane

Sky Lane
Watercolor on Saint-Armand watercolor paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
NFS

Now I am focusing on developing weekly series within more particular parameters. If you followed the tail end of my watercolor studies you couldn't help but notice the theme of the path, or the way. I am bringing pencil in more prominently for structure here than I have since beginning Landscape into Art.

This week I am working from a pen and ink form that I particularly liked and posted a while back on Studies and Sketches.

A surprise at Studies and Sketches today and you can meet some new friends at My Great Day.

View from the Reeds

View from the Reeds
Watercolor on Fabriano cold press paper
3 1/2 x 5", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Flow

Flow
Watercolor on Indian Village paper
5 x 7", archival mat & backing to 11 x 14"
SOLD

Inevitably, the light emerges because, of course, you can't have darkness without light implied and vice versa.

I have never qualified any posted image with a comment on quality but I have to say that this piece — especially the blues and bits of yellow — is considerably more "jewel-like" than shows up on screen.

LUNAR ECLIPSE HIGHLIGHTS at My Great Day then come see the next to last post of my current watercolor studies.

Darkness Over Small Field

Darkness Over Small Field
Watercolor on Indian Village paper
5 x 7", archival mat & backing to 11 x 14"
SOLD

Moving right along, we have Exhibit C.

Albrecht Dürer and other 16th century landscape artists are the topic at My Great Day then visit the last few posts of my current watercolor studies.

Darkness Framed in Gold

Darkness Framed in Gold
Watercolor on Indian Village paper
5 x 7", archival mat & backing to 11 x 14"
$100
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Following on yesterday's post I offer you Exhibit B.

If you're interested in late 15th century landscapes, come on over to My Great Day, and then see the last few of my current watercolor studies.

Darkness

Darkness
Watercolor on Fabriano cold press paper
5 x 7", archival mat & backing to 11 x 14"
$100
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How to paint yourself out of a black hole. It's mid-February and if you've been following along, you may have noticed that I had the deep winter blues big time and could hardly stand it. Wait a minute, I thought, I have the perfect tools to rescue myself. So I put my darkness down in paint on paper and this week you will see what I came up with.

Exhibit A.

Read what Zheng Xie has to say at My Great Day — especially for my fellow artists and daily art bloggers .

Dunes

Dunes
Watercolor on Indian Village paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$85
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Mahalo

Mahalo
Watercolor on hot press Lana paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$85
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If I can't actually be in Hawaii, this is the next best thing.  I think I can smell plumeria.  Mahalo.

Come see the theme I've been developing in my watercolor studies and am writing on the history of landscape art this week at My Great Day.

Mammatus

Mammatus
Watercolor on hot press Lana paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$85
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I did not set out to paint mammatus cloud formations, but that's exactly what developed. I, personally, have only seen these formations in photographs. It's linked in my sidebar, but if you haven't visited, I encourage you to stop by The Cloud Appreciation Society. It's loads of fun!

Come see the theme I've been developing in my watercolor studies and am writing on the history of landscape art this week at My Great Day.

Early May Dawn

Early May Dawn
Watercolor on hot press Lana paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$85
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This is the third in the series I started on Friday.

More daily painting can be seen at Studies and Sketches and I'm writing about the history of landscape painting this week at My Great Day.

Close to the Shore

Close to the Shore
Watercolor on hot press Lana paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
SOLD

I seem to be working in mini series of three for the most part with transitional pieces in between. These series are compositionally thematic or use the same limited palette or have a similar feel because of the paper and paint I use. This painting follows on Friday's "Brink of Day".

There's more daily painting on Studies and Sketches and this week, I'm writing on the history of landscape painting at My Great Day.

Brink of Day

Brink of Day
Watercolor on hot press Lana paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
SOLD

As of today, I am moving to a five day a week posting schedule — at least for a while. Frankly, I think that's plenty! I am currently working on some larger pieces and want to spend time developing some themes. I'm also working on some writing projects and, beautiful and wonderful though it may be, I have to get out of this studio more! Another project underway is my Squidoo lens, also titled Landscape into Art. It's still under construction but you can go read what I have so far.

I'll be changing my posting schedule at Studies and Sketches, but for the next few weeks, those daily posts will continue. Finally, a reminder that today is video day at My Great Day. Day! There's a lovely surprise over there.

See you on MonDay!

Almost Home

Almost Home
Watercolor on hot press Lana paper
6 x 4", archival mat & backing to 10 x 8"
NFS

Visit Studies and Sketches and My Great Day.

Canary Range Red Flowers

Canary Range Red Flowers
Watercolor on cold press Lana paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$85
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Canary Range Late Spring

Canary Range Late Spring
Watercolor on cold press Lana paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$85
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Canary Range

Canary Range
Watercolor on cold press Lana paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$85
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I am beginning to return to the wealth of themes I've thrown up over the past few moths.  This painting comes from the earlier Gold the the hills which really goes back to Approaching Red.

Warm Storm

Warm Storm
Watercolor and gouache on hot press Lana paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$85
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