"100 SLC Porches, No.65"

"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.65"; Oil on 12" x 12" wrapped canvas

I had fun with this one.  The original house is a warm yellow ochre but I decided to do it with oranges, reds, yellows and white with just a touch of cerilium blue.  It's a cute cottage style home on eastside of the Salt Lake Valley nestled in a quiet neighborhood.  I also decided to do something interesting and funky with the wrapped canvas edge.  Check this out...

A side view of 100 SLC Porches, No.65

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"100 SLC Porches, No.64"

"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.64"; Watercolor on 10" x 14" Paper

I've been eyeing this cute house for awhile now.  It's along the route of a weekly Thursday night bike ride I take.  Each time I pass by, I never have a camera with me and I'm pedalling fast in vain to keep up with the guys leading the pack.  Then a couple of Sunday mornings ago with perfect weather I took my camera with me on my bicycle.  I managed to capture the cutie and scouted out a few more potential porches to paint while I was out.  An amazingly productive morning and I hadn't even had coffee or breakfast yet.  This last weekend has been productive too.  I have porch #65, an oil, almost done.  I hope to finish it tonight, and porch #66 is underway too.  I've got it lightly sketched out in preparation for a watercolor.  To view the progress of (or to purchase) 100 Salt Lake City Porches, click here.  I welcome any feedback you may have and thanks for visiting!

"100 SLC Porches, No.63"

"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.63"; Watercolor on 10" x 11" Paper

There's a great deal going on with this porch and I decided to do it in the wet to dry style of watercolor painting.  I limited the color pallet to quinacridone gold, ultra marine blue, and kelly green.  This went quickly as usually the wet to dry style does.  You can view the progress of the 100 Salt Lake Porches or perhaps to inquire about purchasing, click here.  Thanks for visiting and I would enjoy any feedback you may have.

"100 SLC Porches, No.62"



"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.62"- 10" x 10" on Paper

I'm back from a lovely little vacation I spent in Helena,MT.  Now to get serious about doing some more porch paintings.  I put the finishing touches on this painting late last night.  Yes, it's another yellow house and I will admit that I tend toward yellow houses.  They are just SO warm and inviting; and the rocking chair on this one makes it look even more inviting.  I started this painting as a series of flat washes in yellows, slowly building up the brightness of the yellows.  Then I finished with some puddle style painting.  To view my progress with the 100 Salt Lake City Porches Project visit this page.  Here's a photo that I took during the Helena 100 Bike ride that I did while on my vacation.

A picture during the Helena 100 Bike ride that went along the upper Missouri River.

"100 SLC Porches, No.61"

"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.61"; Poured watercolor on 10" x 14" paper.

It was the wooden swing that caught my eye to this porch.  I could just picture a lazy Saturday afternoon watching the kids swing beneath the tree all the while I'm leisurely enjoying the shade on the porch.  For this poured watercolor I used a mixed blue ( 50/50 of phathlo blue and ultramarine blue), a mixed yellow (40/30 of medium yellow and yellow ochre) and a mixed red (cadmium red with a bit of scarlet red).  What can I say I was in a mood to mix?  Then to finish it off a I did a bit of puddle painting where I, of course, was mixing in little puddles of water.  I guess you could say it was a bit of an adult version of child's play.  The porches may slow down a bit for the next week as I heading off to do a bit of vacationing up in Montana.  But we'll see.  I'm planning on taking my watercolor painting supplies in tow and perhaps I'll have sometime to paint between cycling and sightseeing.  To check out the progress of 100 Salt Lake City Porches, click here.  Here's a couple of photos I took this last weekend while I was cycling the Utah's Alpine Loop.

The Apline Loop near the summit.

The road from Alpine Loop to Cascade Springs Nature Reserve.

"100 SLC Porches, No.59 & No.60"

It's definitely a patriotic theme with these two porches...



"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.59"
Watercolor on 11" x 14" Yupo

"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.60"
Watercolor on 11" x 14" Hot Pressed Paper

Porch No.59, I spotted a while back while on a bike ride during a pretty May Day while in the Canyon Rim area of the Salt Lake Valley.  I've been saving it for the patriotic time of year.  I loved how the big trees in the front yard kind of framed the upper area of the porch.  It's more of a side porch that runs the front length of the house.  I did this in a bit of a puddle wash on yupo; which is not an easy thing to do on yupo because yupo is a very slick type surface where the water REALLY puddles up and it must be kept still till the water drys.

Porch No.60 is an older home in the Taylorsville area of the Salt Lake Valley and I thought it might be fun to do it as a red, white, & blue theme to keep it patriotic even more.  I really got the idea from a painting that my friend & teacher Colleen Reynolds did.  It was a scene where everything was blue & white except for a guy that was wearing a t-shirt that had a flag themed print on it.  Colleen added the color red to that section of the painting.  I was very fascinated the first time I saw the painting and I thought that this porch was a good candidate for this style.  I started with a light flat wash of blue and built up.  The last thing I did was add the red color.

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"100 SLC Porches,No.58"



"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.58"; Watercolor on 8.5" x 10.5" Paper

 I'm very familiar with this porch.  Quite often I show up here outfitted for bicycling or running.  This is the home of my favorite work out buddy Diane.  It was an early evening after work when I swung by to take the photo of her porch.  The flowers had just come out to bloom the weekend before.  The sun catches areas here and there through the tree lined street.  It's in a lovely quiet Sugarhouse neighborhood that is within blocks of all kinds of businesses and restaurants.  By the way, she loved the painting!  To view the progress of (or to purchase) 100 Salt Lake City Porches, please click here.  I welcome any feedback! Thanks!

"100 SLC Porches, No.57"

"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.57" Oil on 8" x 8" Canvas

Recently, I found some 8" x 8" canvases on sale and purchase a couple.  This porch is a minty green porch with pinkish undertones in the landscape.  It's on a relatively quiet street between the Aves and the University of Utah campus.  I decided not to paint the edge of the next door house.  The houses in this area are older and built rather close together.  Quite often if there is a garage it's off of a back alley way.  But sometimes, these house are built before there were cars and all they have now is off-street parking. To view the progress of (or to request purchase)100 Salt Lake City Porches, click here.  I welcome any feedback.

"100 SLC Porches, No.56"

"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.56"; Watercolor on 10" x 14" Cold Press Paper

This porch is another one from the lower Salt Lake Aves area.  I started this one with a series of flat washes with permanent rose.  Slowly, I built up the pink tones.  Then I started in with some puddle painting with combinations of the colors of phthalo blue, light green, and medium yellow.  I wanted to keep to similar colors of the house which were tones of pink and teal.  I think it turned out to be a nice combination. 

I must admit that it seems I'm getting into a bit of a theme with the flags on the last couple of porches.  We are heading towards that patriotic 4th of July and I've been keeping my eyes open for some porches that have a patriotic "flare".  So if any of you see in the Salt Lake City area see a porch with flags or red, white & blue contact me and I can run over on my bicycle to get a picture. To view the progress of (or to request purchase) all 100 Salt Lake City Porches, click here.  I welcome any feedback you may have.  Thank you!

"100 SLC Porches, No.55"

"100 Salt Lake City Porches, No.55"; Watercolor on 11" x 14" Paper

It was a beautiful sunny day when I went by on my bicycle and this porch in the lower Salt Lake Aves grabbed my attention with the wonderful flags and pink tulips.  I started this painting with a series of flat washes and finished with some puddle painting.  What a wonderful painting to do on a rainy Sunday.  It was a productive afternoon and I hope to have #56 porch done this evening if all goes well too.  That's dependant on how long of a bicycle ride I may take tonight. :)  Please visit the 100 Salt Lake City Porches page to view the progress or to request to purchase.  I welcome any feedback.  Thank you.