Painting Early This Morning

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Iris No. 3 Is Going To Sautee Nacoochee, GA!

I’ve just opened the letter stating… Iris No. 3 – Light Within, has been juried into the Southern Watercolor Society 35th Annual Juried Exhibition by Juror Frederick C. Graff, AWS, NWS, TWSA! Ninety paintings were selected out of 425 entries from 230 watercolor artists living in 19 states. The opening reception is Sun., June 10th [...]

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Pigment Planning Breakthrough

Teachers love it when the students get it. This past weekend, my Second Saturday Painters got it! They got the importance of Pigment Planning before beginning the painting. This is the example that did it: Most of the watercolor demos on this blog show the pigment planning chart I do before beginning the painting. Here [...]

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To Become A Better Artist….

Fall In Love With Something. Not new for followers of this blog to know my painting passion the last couple of years has been the bearded iris I’ve grown. They are currently in the midst of their spring show. Here is how they looked around 7:45 this morning as I was heading to 8am yoga [...]

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Iris No. 16 Watercolor Slideshow Demo

Here is the complete demo of Iris No. 16 with no ads. Yes, I’m paying for smilebox now in response to a few complaints about the ads accompanying the FREE version I was using. There will be no ads with future smilebox demos on my blog. Iris No. 16 has just been listed on Daily [...]

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Iris No. 16 Continued – Watercolor Demo

I began Iris No. 16 for Matthews Artists Guild on Mar. 13, and am now back in my home studio to continue. Always, the set-up. Before I begin to paint, I have everything I think I might need nearby. Working wet-into-wet in sections, I’ve added a variegated wash and am now using thicker paint for [...]

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Iris No. 16 – Demo Preparation

I’m doing some preliminary masking on Iris No. 16 in preparation for tonight’s watercolor demonstration for Matthews Artists Guild. Looking forward to being with MAG and meeting new artists. And I guess you can see, I cleaned off at least one of my painting surfaces

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Missing Iris

I am really homesick for my Iris today. I’ve been going though about 500 photos of her and her friends, deciding on who to use as my watercolor demonstration next Tue. night, Mar. 13, for Matthews Artists Guild. This photo was taken last April. A dozen rhizomes ordered from White Flower Farm planted in about [...]

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Amazing Brush Discovery

Only for the brave and desperate Iris No. 15 reference photo. For those new to my blog, this is part of the All About Iris Series I’m creating for an Oct. 2013 exhibition at The Campbell House, Moore County Arts Council,  in Southern Pines. NC. A collection of 60 paintings, all from flowers from my [...]

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WHITE COW FOUND

What happens when an “A” becomes an “F?” White Cow takes a detour to Jacksonville, FL before arriving in Jacksonville, AL! Late yesterday, the owner of Second Street Gallery, let me know the art buyer from Jacksonville, AL phoned to say, “I have good news and not so good news…”  White Cow finally made it to [...]

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