laura's watercolors

"Painting is an island whose shores I have skirted." --Chardin

Monday, November 17, 2025

nuthatch

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                       5x7 Haven't had a chance to do much painting this week, or maybe it's that I'm vacillating ab...
Wednesday, November 05, 2025

facades

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.                      Just playing around. Trying to paint a subject without the anxiety of trying to get it right or m...
Monday, November 03, 2025

locust leaves

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I picked up some yellow locust leaves on the walk recently and put them in my flower press to dry. When I checked on them they h...
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Sunday, November 02, 2025

classwork

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                                                  10x12 From my seascape class with Patrick Visser. Overwork did a bit and then ...
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Friday, October 31, 2025

day 2

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The figures on the top photo are from my own photos. These are all watercolor, with white gouache. Even ...
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Thursday, October 30, 2025

day 1

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                    18x24 Took an online class with Peggi Kroll Roberts. I love her paintings, especiall...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

green man

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My friend Gina and I watched the London Drawing Group video about the green man.  II wish I had done a little preparation before...
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Friday, October 24, 2025

seascape 1

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                       10x14 .                     6x7 I'm taking a four-session seascape painting class with Pa...
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Thursday, October 23, 2025

gulls

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.                         .                           7.5x11 Got a couple of nice pictures of gulls the other mornin...
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Monday, October 20, 2025

classwork

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                  4.5x6 studies Studies in SaltyWaterArt's class using quinacridone gold, sap green, and quinacr...
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Friday, October 17, 2025

keurner's barn

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                     7.5x11 I've been wanting to paint this picture I took at Keurner's farm; this is the first, quick g...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

classwork

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A couple of paintings from my expressive watercolor class with Susan O'Neill. I don't think the top painting is "do...
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Monday, October 13, 2025

Robert joyner videos

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I think I may have mentioned him here before, nut there's a painter named Robert Joyner who has some free videos where he de...
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Thursday, October 09, 2025

melo

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Another of my cats, Melo. Added some color in the background and a hint of a tail.
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Wednesday, October 08, 2025

yucca pods

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                        8x8 I grab a few of these dried pods every year, intending to paint and/or draw the. I love their shape....
Tuesday, October 07, 2025

another Sargent copy

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I'm not sure of the title of this one, one of his paintings of Tommies bathing. Really interesting to see how expressive his...
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Monday, October 06, 2025

Sargent copy

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                   10x12 A copy of one of my favorite Sargent paintings, A Tent in the Rockies. This took me three sittings to c...
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Sunday, October 05, 2025

arya

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                      8x8 Had time this morning to take my time and relax while painting one of my cats, Arya. She's my tiny...
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Saturday, October 04, 2025

monochrome

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Monochrome studies for a class I'm in. After trying with Payne's gray and indigo, I wanted to pa...
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Thursday, October 02, 2025

more littles

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So busy with work and end-of-summer tasks and work on the house that I haven't had time to really "work...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2025

small studies

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These were all painted from the same reference photo 
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