Another Painting Break...

I took a day of on my BIG Adventure at my Aunt Lindy's house and did a bit of painting while doing some laundry too; talk about doing some multi-tasking!  I did a couple of more scenes based on photos I took while in Washington State.  One of these is based on a photo I took at my girlfriend Jean's wedding of her guest on the beach and the other is from photos that I took at Port Townsend, WA.  Both of these are on 9" x 12" paper and are a bit of puddle painting.  Enjoy!

"Mother and Son on Beach"; watercolor on 9" x 12" Paper.

"Tickled Pink Shoppe"; Watercolor on 9" x 12" Paper.

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Happy Father's Day!!

Here's wishing all of you Fathers out there a Happy Father's Day!  I've been waiting before I posted this painting until it arrived at my little brother's home in Iowa.  I did it as a present for him for Father's Day.  I was trying to make it a surprise.  It features my two nephews standing in front of a car at a car show.  Here it is... 

"Boys-N-Cars"; Watercolor on 9" x 11" Paper

I rather got a kick out of how both of them are standing with arms folded; kind of like--"Yeah, we are tough!"  I did this painting in the puddle style of water coloring; mixing all of the colors on the paper.  I also used a limited color pallet-- phthalo blue, phthalo green, and permanent rose with just a bit of meduim yellow to do the skin tones.  I hope you like it little bro!  Happy Father's Day!

Biker Babe in Purples

I enjoyed playing with this painting over this last weekend between bike rides.  Yes, I managed to log about 70 miles on the bike in two days.  But as a source of recovery, I worked on this fun watercolor.  I found this photo I had of a girl with a wide smile of pure joy as she's zooming along on her bike.  I thought it would be a perfect addition to art I would show during Little Red.   I decided to use a limited color pallet for this painting.  I only used permanent rose, dioxazine purple, and prussian blue.

"Biker Babe in Purples"; Watercolor on 9" x 12" Cold Press Paper
Unframed

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Auntie's Kiss...

In between while waiting for parts of porch painting #98 to dry, I've been working on other smaller watercolors like this one...

"Auntie's Kiss"; Watercolor on 7" x 13" Cold Press Paper

This is based on a photo of a friend who uploaded the photo on Face Book and I thought was just TOO cute not to attempt to paint. This painting as well as others will be on display and available to purchase at the 100 Salt Lake City Porches Art Show that will take place on January 14th. More information about the show will be coming soon.  I just need to work out some details.  Thanks for visiting and I welcome any feedback you may have.